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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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Turtle_n_Peeps
Explorer
Nov 03, 2016
mike-s wrote:
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.


If my tires or race car is on fire, the last thing I'm going to worry about is the 20% of O2 in the tires because there is a whole bunch of it around the car to support combustion

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