On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:12:16 -0500, Pete C. wrote:
Bob Engelhardt wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote:

Any idea what was *in* that bottle? ...

I assumed it as water. Because the bottle was sealed tightly the water
super heated and when the bottle broke the water flashed to steam.

That is my assumption as well.

At the original site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Gn0auLFUA,
the guy writes: "Bottle had about 900ml of water in it, estimated
burst temperature ~225 deg C, estimated energy release 500kJ
(equivalent to 1/4 stick of dynamite)".

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