[TR] Inflating Tires w/ Nitrogen?

Philip E. Barnes peb3 at cornell.edu
Wed Jul 25 08:31:31 MDT 2007


At 10:07 AM -0400 7/25/07, Harlyred1 at aol.com wrote:
>Nitrogen doesn't react to heat and cold, ergo, the psi remains constant.

Well, sort of. The biggest drawback to using atmospheric air is the 
water vapor content. Water vapor expands and contracts with 
temperature change more than other gasses. Dry nitrogen is more 
stable.
-- 
Phil Barnes (peb3 at cornell.edu)
Middlebury Center, PA (visit our new location!)
'71 TR6  CC61193L (30 year owner)


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