Originally Posted by
jriggs
aren't those pressure disks designed to blow at that level to protect the integrity of the tank? aka going to far over them would cause the tank to fail and 'explode'
Yes that is correct. However, nitrous bottles use a bleed valve that bleeds off pressure above a certain psi and once it is below the threshold of the valve it closes. Burst disks do exactly what they sound like, they burst and then completely empty the tank.