in tires ? On 3/10/2012 6:06 PM, Ben T wrote: > If we're going to be really nitpicky, nitrogen was used even as early as 1887 though mixed with impurities.;-) > > > BenT > sent from my electro-pneumatic leash > > On Mar 10, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans<scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > >> if we are being picky .. >> it's not 'by pressure' .. >> it's by volume I believe. >> >> OK....where was nitrogen in tires first used, and by whom. ? >> or at least a good early example. >> >> >> >> On 3/10/2012 4:05 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >>> ---- Craig Cowan<phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> The partial pressure of nitrogen in the atmosphere is 70+ %. You aren't diluting much if you have to add a few psi. >>> Actually, it is 79+% >>> >>>> -craig >>>> >>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 5:07 PM, george jannini<georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hell why not helium for lower rolling resistance? Or hydrogen, even >>>>> lighter. This is my Vanagon, I've named it Hindenberg... >>>>> >>>>> George/ATL >>> -- >>> David McNeely >>> |
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