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The pressure of the carbonation. The containers, either can or bottle, is strong enough to contain the pressure, but it costs extra to make cans or bottles that are stronger than they need to be. So sometimes any extraordinary pressure will cause the can or bottle to break open.
How do you get increasing pressure? Heat will do it, especially in combination with being shaken. I live near Sacramento, CA, and our summer weather can get pretty toasty; 105 F is not uncommon, and 110F would not be a record. A few years ago, driving back from the nearby town of Placerville, I was startled by three distinct explosions in the back seat of my car. Three cans of Diet Pepsi, being shaken by the road and heated by the Sun, all popped- with fountains of soda all over my car. Good thing it was diet, or my car would have been crawling with ants the next day!
Alternatively, you can freeze soda; well, you CAN, but it'll make a mess! As water gets colder, it condenses, down to 39F, or 4C, just a few degrees above freezing. But when water starts to freeze, it EXPANDS - about 15%! So the ice in a soda can rupture the can, spreading soda slush all over the freezer. That's somewhat worse to clean up, actually.
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