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When you blow air into a balloon, the air pressure inside builds, thus causing the latex skin to expaand. Eventually, the latex won't be able to expand anymore, so it catastrophically fails. (AKA, it pops.)

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A balloon bursts when you blow air into it because the pressure inside the balloon becomes too high for the material to contain, causing it to burst. As you blow air into the balloon, the pressure of the air molecules inside increases, eventually exceeding the tensile strength of the balloon material.

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