According to: http://www.woodalls.com/cforum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14872995.cfm
it is supposed to be true that:
Nitrogen is a totally inert gas and does not expand or contract with temperature.
So if your tires were inflated to their proper inflation
pressure at installation, say 100 psi, then they will
be 100 psi at 30 degrees and 100 psi at 115 degrees.
The added bonus with Nitrogen is there is no moisture
in your tires."
2006-06-17 08:51:43 · 7 answers · asked by buythenet 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Nitrogen is far from inert, but it is much less reactive than oxygen. Maybe this helps extend the life of the tire? The no moisture thing might also help preserve your tires. In addition to water vapor, compressed air will include whatever other contaminants might be in the air, plus maybe some lubricant fumes from the compressor. Bottled nitrogen will be clean and dry.
The bit about not expanding is nonsense.
2006-06-17 10:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nitrogen is not an inert gas. pv=nrt is only for ideal gas equations.
ideal gas are gas which allows some laws that they do not exert any force of attraction etc nitrogen is not an ideal gas as it has some vanderwaal force. hence it obeys vanderwaal gas equation
with some correction term
2006-06-17 17:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by Zohaib H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is crazy! Nitrogen is not an inert gas. And nitrogen does obey PV=nRT.
2006-06-17 09:34:25 · answer #3 · answered by Nick F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry - it's *not* the Gospel according to St. Clapeyron; it's a post on some RVer's website!
This is just some genius posting his opinion - or half baked scientific knowledge - on a forum. And we all know how smart the average forum poster is (present company excepted, of course).
2006-06-17 09:00:27 · answer #4 · answered by Amar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a joke.....totally inert gas, ever heard of nitrous oxide? take a thermodynamics course and write on the final exam that nitrogen does not behave as a gas.
2006-06-17 08:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
PV=nRT applies to IDEAL gasses only anyway, so in reality typical gases dont properly obey this law
2006-06-17 08:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by sc0ttocs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you breathing a nitrogen only atmosphere?
Every one of your assertions is factually incorrect.
2006-06-17 08:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋