why is it that food containers expand when they spoil? If the container is a closed system and matter can’t be created, what causes an increased pressure?

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why is it that food containers expand when they spoil? If the container is a closed system and matter can’t be created, what causes an increased pressure?

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The matter isn’t destroyed or spawned from the void. It is solids/ liquids converted into a gas. Think how fires put off smoke. That is wood being turned into a gas. That’s why when a fire is done burning the ash takes up so little space. All the mass was converted to a gas and dissipated away

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