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At beer pressures, a keg cannot explode. It's designed to take much more pressure - rated to around 120-130 psi. Even at failure, the seals will fail rather than the chamber itself. Failing at standard beer pressures will be as a leak (pinhole or crack).
Which isn't to say they can't explode. It's a sealed pressurized vessel - so it could explode or ...
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