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NanciL
Explorer II
Oct 30, 2016

Somebody educate me on "Nitrogen" in the tires ?

We just bought a new Travel trailer and I never noticed at the dealers, but saw a sticker on the side today that said there is nitrogen in the tires. Someone please explain what this is for. Jack ...
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mike-s
Explorer
Nov 01, 2016
Turtle n Peeps wrote:
rbtglove wrote:
Nitrogen is used in A/C tires and some race cars primarily because it is not flammable like the oxygen in air.
Oxygen is flammable?
In a literal, pedantic sense, no. But the GP's statement should be taken to mean that nitrogen doesn't support combustion like oxygen does.

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