SCH 80 conduit?

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I was at Home Depot earlier and I saw SCH 80 PVC, but it said something about conduit and radio something. It had a flared end like conduit. Will this SCH 80 for pressure?
Also in your opinion how small could you make a “tee” piston valve? Would 3/4” be doable? I’m trying to make small rifle sized cannons, so any advice on doing that would be nice to.
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Conduit is usually used in electrical applications and is not pressure rated unless otherwise stated on the pipe. If it is not pressure rated I would not recommened using it for a pneumatic, however you should be fine if you use it for a combustion.
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Can you use normal PVC rainpipe and sanitair pipes for combustions ? :shock:
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You can use pvc or abs in combustions.
Sanitary pipes?
Make sure its sch40
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And Not cellular core, the conduit is much more brittle ans is likley to snap or go pop. I would reccomend that you only use pressure rated pipe on all parts of a pnumatic and posibly ABS on a combustion.
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