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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

*** We just use “air” ***

That is what “air” is, compressed or otherwise

Nitrogen – 78 percent
Oxygen – 21 percent
Argon – 0.93 percent
Carbon dioxide – 0.038 percent

(at Sea Level the “air” we breathe is compressed to 14.7 psi because of all of the “air” above it, us humans are most comfortable with at least 10 psi which is about what you have at 10,000 ft elevation which is what high flying planes cabin pressure minimum usually is)


70 posted on 08/12/2016 9:12:41 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: TexasTransplant

so, I have to ask, what is the benefit of nitrogen? I’m assuming it’s 100% nitrogen.

The only thing I can figure, is there would be less loss or gain of pressure during temperature changes.

That’s why I could only imagine it would be worth while to bother with if you were in a top fuel dragster (or maybe a plane, I have no idea what they use).

I mean, I know our tires deflate when it’s cold, but I am not buying tanks of nitrogen for our vehicles. We just put more “air” in the tires.

Am I missing something here?


71 posted on 08/12/2016 9:22:09 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (A Liberal is someone who cannot accept that there is a Law of Unintended Consequences)
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