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Default At what PSI does a plastic soda bottle explode? (home CO2 carbonation)

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 06:12:08 +0000 (UTC), Elmo wrote:

So, I'd say Coke's report that all their bottles can handle 150 psi seems
reasonable as the MOP (maximum operating pressure) for PETE bottles.


Despite both Coke's statements and independent tests showing coke bottles
exploding well almost at 200 psi, the mythbusters seem to intimate they
explode at the much lower 150 psi pressure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...2005_season%29

So, I'm confused.