Date:         Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:25:10 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tyres and nitrogen
Comments: To: bobbol@ADAM.COM.AU
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That's totally bogus. All gases respond to temperature, pressure in
accordance to Boyle's law. The only advantage to the nitrogen is that it
doesn't rot the rubber in the tires the way  oxygen in compressed air does.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Bob Bolton wrote:

>
>I understand that nitrogen was first used in aircraft, then in racing cars.
>The theory is that as an inert gas, it does not increase or decrease in
>pressure with temperature, so you are always running at the desired pressure
>and your tyres are not running soft when you take off.
>

That's totally bogus. All gases respond to temperature, pressure in
accordance to Boyle's law. The only advantage to the nitrogen is that it
doesn't rot the rubber in the tires the way  oxygen in compressed air does.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver