Question about tires..smell? Temp?
Hi all, Have a question about tires..Tires are hot at 80, 82 psi returning from cold mountain trip thru local desert, traffic and home. Rear tires noticably hotter than fronts and had a smell ...
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The 5 psi gain suggests that the air temperature in your tire increased by very roughly 17C or 30F -- perfectly reasonable.
(That's based on the ideal gas law: PV=nRT, or pressure * volume = quantity of gas * ideal gas constant * absolute temperature. In the case of a tire, the volume and quantity of gas don't change appreciably, and of course the ideal gas constant is also constant. Hence, the change in (absolute) pressure is directly proportional to the change in (absolute) temperature.)
(That's based on the ideal gas law: PV=nRT, or pressure * volume = quantity of gas * ideal gas constant * absolute temperature. In the case of a tire, the volume and quantity of gas don't change appreciably, and of course the ideal gas constant is also constant. Hence, the change in (absolute) pressure is directly proportional to the change in (absolute) temperature.)
