the elements that make up nitrogen oxide in speed cars??

Answer 1

Ummm...Nitrogen and Oxygen. and it's not nitrogen oxide, it's nitrous oxide...the name of the compound does make a difference when relating it to its chemical formula. it is N2O (subscript 2) or dinitrogen oxide.

Answer 2

When nitrous oxide is present in an engine's combustion chamber, it greatly increases the amount of oxygen that can be burned to produce horsepower. Normally, oxygen makes up about 20 percent of the earth's atmosphere (with increasingly less oxygen at higher altitudes). This means that about 20 percent of the average intake charge is also made up of oxygen, and it is this amount that combines with vehicle fuel to produce combustion. But when nitrous oxide is introduced to the combustion chamber, the percentage of oxygen rises dramatically and allows for substantially more fuel to be used to produce a significantly more powerful explosion. The only difference is that instead of increasing the volume of air entering the combustion chamber, which is what a turbo or supercharger does, nitrous oxide alters the content of the air entering the combustion chamber; specifically, the oxygen content.
http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/techcenter/articles/43840/article.html

Answer 3

If you are referring to race cars in the Indianapolis 500 every May, the only fuel allowed is nitromethane. So that combusts to form not only carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen, but also nitrogen oxides.

Answer 4

In the case of Dragsters of the normal kind ( Street cars drag racing on a track) my mate used to make a hessian bag and fill it full of mothballs then throw it in his tank. WOW !! did it go!! he got through to the semi finals of his class, but during his last race (and the last for his car too) his engine exploded and the pistons came almost through the cylinder head!! NOT ADVISABLE but a nice anecdote His was a Studebaker in the 70's when petrol rationing was in, and as his was a gas guzzler nobody wanted to buy it so he gave it a nice send off!

Answer 5

nitrogen oxide

is:

nitrogen and oxygen

Answer 6

nitrogen and oxygen (N2O) 2 nitrogen atoms and one oxygen