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Date:         Tue, 6 May 2003 18:02:02 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: What is the Cubic Capacity of the RM182B Fridge?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <5.1.0.14.2.20030506164708.04a8ce38@pop1.attglobal.net>
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David Beierl wrote:
> Just a small consequence of the vast industrial and scientific effort that
> has been put into making aluminum drink cans containing no aluminum --
> they're not there yet but already they've got it so that 3/4 of the
> material is in the cap, and they keep shrinking the cap.


What's really interesting is to compare an aluminum pop can to a juice
can.  The juice cans have to be much thicker because they don't have the
pressure of the carbonated liquid inside to resist crushing during
shipping.  A friend of mine once described a modern pop can as being
like an aluminum balloon, and that's not terribly far off.
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