How A Pressure Cooker Bomb Works [Infographic]

It's an older recipe than you'd think. "Contents under pressure may explode" has never been more accurate. Pressure cookers heat food with steam, using increased internal atmospheric pressure to heat and trap steam beyond its normal limit of 212 degrees Fahrenheit. This same increase in temperature is exploited by a pressure cooker bomb to amplify the power of an explosion set off within. A pressure cooker bomb takes the rapidly-expanding gasses in a typical gunpowder explosion and holds them un...