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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by dmurray on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:16PM (#46412581)
Even so, wouldn't you expect that you could crush an open empty beer bottle by putting a heavy enough weight on it? A human can't do it, but I would expect an elephant can.
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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by jdmoreira on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:18PM (#46412607)
That's not how pressure works if it's opened. The forces balance out
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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by bracketfocus on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:19PM (#46412617)
The pressure inside the bottle is the same as the outside. So it’s not the same as stomping on an empty bottle.
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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by FL410 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:19PM (#46412619)
But the forces are the same all around the bottle (again assuming it is open)
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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by rags2riches on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:21PM (#46412639)
The bottle wouldn't be empty though.
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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by RajT88 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:35PM (#46412759)
There is quite a lot of pressure put outside from the beer of a full bottle, but that little bit of air is probably enough to cause it to implode at some point.

I'll be honest; I have no idea how to estimate that. I'm sure there are folks on here who can (and might). It's probably not as deep as you'd think.

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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by wolvoleo on Sunday December 28, 2025 @06:59PM (#46415800)
I'd imagine the cap will fail under the pressure long before the forces get high enough to implode the bottle.
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Re:Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) by mihaaly on Sunday December 28, 2025 @02:10PM (#46413546)
no
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