2B20.40 • Static Pressure: Pascal’s Vases

Location: Cabinet 2

Photo Shows the Apparatus Used at the University of Texas at Austin

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Instructions/Notes:

• The liquid pressure is the same for any given depth below the surface, regardless of the shape of the containing vessel.
• Pressure = weight density * depth (+ air pressure at the top)

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Demo Staff:

• DO NOT FILL THE VASES. Provide a beaker of colored water for the professor to pour in the water themself.

Last updated on March 10, 2025