On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:58:04 +0100, scott wrote:

> Most standard drinks bottles seem to be able to take about 10
> atmospheres pressure:

Interestingly, I was watching Mythbusters last night; one of the myths 
they were testing was a "water rocket" myth that involved 3L soda bottles.

They pumped them up to around 90 PSI before they had critical failures.

That's about 400 N per square inch....And that's a soda bottle. :-)

Jim

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