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    if a steel container has a vacuum will it float

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    Not if its a complete vacuum, but then it will collapse.

    HI  ITS NOT THE AIR IN THE CONTAINER WHICH MAKES IT SINK  ITS THE CONTAINERS WEIGHT


      THE CONTAINER HAS TO DISPLACE SUFFICENT  VOLUME OF WATER TO COUNTERACT THIS WEIGHT


    1CU FT = APPROX 6.5 GALLONS = 65LBS   THEREFORE YOUR CONTAINER  NEEDS A MIN OF ONE CU FT PER 65LBS OF WEIGHT


    HOPE THIS HELPS


    MONDEO MAN



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