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It's a little more than a pop; the bottle builds up quite a bit of pressure before it ruptures - I know this because we use to make these quite a bit when I was
by crymer11 13y ago
It's a little more than a pop; the bottle builds up quite a bit of pressure before it ruptures - I know this because we use to make these quite a bit when I was a kid. That said, are they dangerous? Potentially. Does this merit the reaction taken by the school and prosecution? Hell no.
- marshray 13y agoIs there a chemist in the house? AFAICT, it's not a deflagration, it's not a detonation, it's not an "explosion" in any technical sense. It's a loud noise produced the same way as a popping balloon, it's just at a higher pressure. Plastic bottles are designed to contain the maximum amount of pressure for the amount of plastic they consume, so they don't crack and fizz out like a punctured soda can. They fail all at once.