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To: tejek who wrote (148391)1/24/2015 6:55:07 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149319
 
Tom Brady and the Ideal Gas Law: Physics of Deflategate





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Measured pressure as a function of temperature for the two footballs used in the experiment.

There are four data points here: The initial pressure in the lab before the experiment, the pressure after spending a night in the -20C freezer, the pressure after spending three hours in the crisper drawer of the fridge, and the pressure after warming back up to room temperature. I’ve plotted these versus the temperature in Celsius, though I’ve mixed unit systems by measuring pressure in pounds per square inch, since that’s the unit used by the NFL (America, f&*k yeah!).