Why cant v put in nitrogen instead of air in our daily routine vehicles?

Question

y cnt v put in nitrogen instead of simple air in our tyres of our daily routine vehicles as the airplanes have in their tyres??
will it prevent in brsting of tyre or oter type of mishaps due to bursting of tyre at high temprature???

Answer 1

Nitrogen has been and is available all over and can be used for any domestic application you want -- for a fee. Compressed oxygen is free at most fuel stations and all tire centers while nitrogen costs money to purchase and store, so it will also cost you a couple of bucks to fill up that wheelbarrow tire. As for extending tire life -- I doubt most normal people don't drive Veyrons or F1's so the benefits of cooler tire surfaces at 200+ MPH don't really apply to the masses. I live in the deep south and it gets stupid hot down here in the summer. I can't ever recall a tire bursting from the heat unless it was on a race track.

Answer 2

Actually, there is no reason you can't put nitrogen in your vehicles tires. The proponents say there are alot of advantages. You can read more about it here:

http://www.getnitrogen.org/index.php

I am personally not sure if I buy into all the hype as normal compressed air is 78% nitrogen anyway. But hey, if it does half of what it says it can... it sure can't hurt anything. Either way, it's always a smart idea to keep an eye on your tires and check the pressure regularly.

Answer 3

You can as it's gaining popularity across the USA and can be found in more tire shops by asking.
Nitrogen is an inert gas. No water oxygen dirt iron oil. The tires are said to last 20% longer. If your tire is labeled to carry 44 psi. Go for it as nitrogen does not expand as much and gain pressure as does compressed air. Nitrogen molecules are many times larger than air thus not prone to leak around beads. Some tractor trailers have been using Nitrogen for the past 40 years. It's nothing new.

Answer 4

It's a ridiculous scam.

First, regular air is already 80% nitrogen (and 20% oxygen.)

Second, natural atmospheric presure is already 15 PSI. That means when they mount your tire, there's 15 PSI of regular air trapped inside it. "Pressurizing" it to 30 PSI just means adding 30 more PSI to the 15 that's already there. So it's impossible to truly "fill" a tire with nitrogen instead of something else (oxygen, mainly). There'll always be a material percentage of oxygen there.

Anyway even if you COULD get the oxygen (and water vapor) out, it wouldn't prevent tire rot because there IS NO SUCH THING. How many times have you ever heard of a tire failing or being replaced because of internal rot? Never. They fail because of external wear or damage. Preventing wheel rust? No way, the interior of my steel wheels are consistently the LEAST rusty part of my car!

Slower leaking? Meh... maybe. If you check your tire pressure at all regularly, this is not an issue.

2-3% better MPG? Absolutely dead false!! This is often "sold" as "People who put nitrogen in their tires and also check their tire pressure frequently, get 2-3% better MPG." The nitrogen has nothing to do with it!

"Oxygen attacks"? That would be oxidation. If the tiny amount of oxygen in your tire oxidized a microscopic layer of rubber on the inside of your tire, that would be GOOD news, because the oxygen would be consumed in the process. Guess what would remain! So you see the absurdity of claims of "Oxygen attacks" since such attacks would be quickly neutralized, yielding the advertised product for free.

Tire wear? Baloney. The wearing parts of the tire can't care what it's filled with.

Airplanes use nitrogen for the simple reason that it's non-flammable. That matters when your disc brakes get hot enough to start fires. Not an issue for automobiles.

Bottom line, nitrogen is useless, except as a trick to get people to pay more attention to their tires. Why is it that Americans can't believe in anything unless it's turned into a saleable product?

Answer 5

You can. Many high end dealers offer the service, but it isn't free and there are no nitrogen pumps at any gas stations.

Answer 6

alot of major tire centers will put nitrogen in your tires when they put new tires on your vehicle or repair an old one.

Answer 7

Actualy, they put nitogen in tires because it won't expand or contract in extreme temperature changes which would cause pressure changes in the tires.