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Old January 17, 2008, 12:10 PM   #1
BCannell
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Maximum powder pressure

For research purposes, I'd like to know approximately how high a pressure one could achieve if one filled an arbitrarily strong container with the most energetic smokeless powder available (and assuming no heat is lost to the container). Any ideas? I know it's at least 65,000 psi, but I haven't been able to find an upper limit.
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Old January 17, 2008, 12:39 PM   #2
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Well over 150,000 PSI.
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Old January 18, 2008, 03:28 PM   #3
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Too Much Pressure??

Might be hard to quantify....but for sure...way more than you would want to to experience.......
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