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==Demonstration== # Add acetone to one of the containers until it is about 10% full (this should be done ahead of time). # Leave the other container empty. # Call for a volunteer from the audience. # Explain that you will be holding a competition to see who can stuff the most amount of Styrofoam into their container in 60 second. # Guide the audience member to the empty container. # Start the competition and nonchalantly add Syrofoam to the container. It will dissolve in the acetone and significantly shrink in volume. # Eventually the audience will notice that the Styrofoam is disappearing. Then admit to you crimes and explain to the kids how it works.
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