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Isn’t this a case of choked flow?

In choked flow, you don’t need a very high pressure ratio to go sonic. You only need P_exit/P_reservoir <= 0.582. That is, the pressure of the reservoir (the bottle in this case) only needs to be 1.72 times greater than the exit pressure (ambient).

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choked_flow




Yes, unless there's a de laval nozzle inside that thing, which I wouldn't expect.

If you've ever used a compressed air gun from a compressor or at a tire fill station, it's also very likely choked flow, sonic exit speed.




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