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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Nitrogen in your tires Reply #15 - 12/22/05 at 11:53:56 Steve530 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: not explosive. It is, however, an excellent oxidizer. i've tried that line on the wife after i've passed gas, that's my story and i'm sticking to it.
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Re: Nitrogen in your tires
Reply #16 - 12/22/05 at 12:54:20

Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:

Umm, try striking up a match in a room full of pure oxygen. Just let the rest of us get a block away first.

What would probably happen is the match would burn so quickly that it would catch the box you struck it on and you on fire. Then you would go up in a huge fireball as quickly as the match.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Nitrogen in your tires Reply #17 - 12/22/05 at 13:08:05 Hammy211 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: What would probably happen is the match would burn so quickly that it would catch the box you struck it on and you on fire. Then you would go up in a huge fireball as quickly as the match. That's kinda my point. Oxygen is far from inert.
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Steve530 Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 452 Knoxville, TN Gender:	Re: Nitrogen in your tires Reply #18 - 12/23/05 at 18:06:06 Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: That's kinda my point. Oxygen is far from inert. Oxygen is far from inert, but not explosive. http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/954424482.Ch.r.html
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Re: Nitrogen in your tires
Reply #19 - 12/23/05 at 22:54:34

Steve530 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:

Oxygen is far from inert, but not explosive.

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/954424482.Ch.r.html

I'll buy that, though the rubber the tires are made from is likely a petroleum derivative. I really don't think the fire risk is that dire from a normal compressed air mix. If they were pumping tires full of pure oxygen, I'd think there was at least a greater risk of adding fuel to the flame of any other mishap. In any case, the oxidation factor is interesting. I wonder how much practical difference it'd make to us. I would think it's more important to tubeless installations as it would also tend to oxidize the metal of the rim.

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Reply #20 - 12/24/05 at 00:00:20

Yep. You need three things for combustion: fuel, heat, and oxygen. Air is about 20.9% oxygen. If you have an oxygen enriched atmosphere, then combustion happens more easily and more quickly than it would with just air.

I'm no chemist, but I don't understand why nitorgen would be better than air in tires. The nitrogen would probably have less water in it because of the way it's produced. Maybe that's the key.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10604 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Nitrogen in your tires Reply #21 - 12/24/05 at 03:10:37 sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: i don't know much about nitrogen, but i do know that ALL THE IRON IN MY BLOOD HAS TURNED TO LEAD IN MY ARSE. I seem to have experienced the very same fate!
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slavy Serious Thumper Offline smart cars for stupid people Posts: 710 Phoenix, Arizona Gender:	Re: Nitrogen in your tires Reply #22 - 12/24/05 at 08:01:01 If I have FREE AND EASY access to N I'd use it. It is dry, inert and almost doesn't react to temp. diff. These are the reasons to use it in the rear shocks of the bikes. The key point is FREE AND EASY. Untill then I am sticking with the poluted humid and not so perfect air. I just keep the correct tire pressure in the tires.
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