Groo
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One spark? :huh: Are you thinking of 100% oxygen? Pure Nitrogen isn't a combustible gas, but then, regular air doesn't spark too good either... 100% oxygen on the other hand...
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Ummm. Oxygen isn't actually combustible either there sparky. Oxygen accelerates combustion of other flammable materials (perhaps the rubber of the tire), but does not burn by itself.
Absolutely right that nitrogen is an inert gas.
....now filling your tires with an Acetyelene and Oxygen mixture.....would be thoroughly entertaining :blink:
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Waaane
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Well, all I can say is that when I buy my tires at CostCo, they automatically fill them with Nitrogen.
At no additonal charge.
And so far, my car hasn't had any problems with narcosis.
At no additonal charge.
And so far, my car hasn't had any problems with narcosis.
airboss
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I was thinking of what the hindenberg was full of.
Oxygen yea, used to drive that stuff in 45 foot tankers to missile sites all over Colorado & Wyoming, I could of made a really big boom.
Oxygen yea, used to drive that stuff in 45 foot tankers to missile sites all over Colorado & Wyoming, I could of made a really big boom.
uh...that would be hydrogen. Fill your tires with hydrogen and it would make the bike quite a bit lighter....LOL.
Airboss you are going to have to change your name to nitroboss since air is mostly nitrogen.
Correct on the Oxygen not burning. But it does accelarate the hell out of anything combustible that is burning.
Regarding the Oxygen/Acetylene probably not. I used to fill Oxygen and other high pressure cylinders when going to college years ago. You would be amazed at how many cylinders would come in covered with grease (not a good combination) and then when I would open the valves to "sniff" for Acetylene as to how many of them would have a strong prescene of Acetylene. Those would be sent back to the service area for cleaning. I am sure some did get filled that had Acetylene in them. Luckily, in over 50 thousand that I filled in 2 years, there was never an incident. I don't advise mixing Oxygen/Acetylene but in my experience nothing happened.
Regarding using Nitrogen to fill tires, I had unlimited access to what I needed for free and I filled up my boat trailer tires with it but I couldn't tell any practical difference. And, not one person there filled there car tires with it and it was rumored then to make tires last longer. Inert gas - cooler runnning.
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Dwavey
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Did you detect any methane? Seems to me there should have been a rather strong odour...
Groo
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Well Mr. Pickypants, if you want to get technical, re-read my post... I didn't say Oxygen was combustible, I said Nitrogen wasn't... then implied that filling your tires with 100% Oxygen wouldn't have been a good option.
Here, I'll finish my last sentence for you to make it clearer... " 100% oxygen on the other hand acts as an oxidizer, and will help enable a nice explosion in the presence of a combustible material."
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radman
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Not to mention (but I'm gonna anyway) that a pure O2 atmosphere hastens oxidation of the wheel and deterioration of the tire.Here, I'll finish my last sentence for you to make it clearer... " 100% oxygen on the other hand acts as an oxidizer, and will help enable a nice explosion in the presence of a combustible material."
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