Posted by Eins on August 12, 2002 at 23:10:21:
In Reply to: Re: Hydro on the Spot posted by John M. on August 12, 2002 at 22:43:18:
even an air-filled steel tank will not explode into many pieces, it will quite likely not even shoot off a single shrapnel. It will burst open at its weakest spot and then rip to make room for the expanding air. Steel used for scuba tanks is tough and cohesive, quite in contrast to aluminum.