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It could be a very poor vacuum by most standards and still have 90% of the force of a perfect vacuum. You get an impressive sealing force very quickly as soon a
by rcxdude 4y ago
It could be a very poor vacuum by most standards and still have 90% of the force of a perfect vacuum. You get an impressive sealing force very quickly as soon as you can create any pressure difference.
- sigmoid10 4y agoOnly if the surface area is big enough. If you only have 1 square inch plates, even a complete vacuum would only net you 14.7 lbs of force - something most people could separate with their hands. But 10 inch side-length plates would already be impossible to separate for almost all humans, even at half atmospheric pressure between the plates.