hydrogen in tires

[Gardner Yeaw]

Don,
You got me! but nitrogen is not as corrosive as oxygen.
Here is a description:

Nitrogen gas is slightly lighter than air and slightly soluble in
water. It is commonly thought of and used as an inert gas; but it
is not truly inert. It forms nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide with
oxygen, ammonia with hydrogen, and nitrogen sulfide with sulfur.
Nitrogen compounds are formed naturally through biological
activity. Compounds are also formed at high temperature or at
moderate temperature with the aid of catalysts. At high
temperatures, nitrogen will combine with active metals, such as
lithium, magnesium and titanium to form nitrides. Nitrogen is
necessary for various biological processes, and is used as a
fertilizer, usually in the form of ammonia or ammonia-based
compounds. Compounds formed with halogens and certain organic
compounds can be explosive.

Gardner
78FC33
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> Nitrogen is not an inert gas. I haven't done the research to learn
its relative corrosiveness compared with oxygen, but it is corrosive.
>
> On 1/10/2007 at 12:57 AM Gardner Yeaw wrote:
>
> >There are at least two advantages to nitrogen.
>
> > Second, nitrogen is an inert gas, that is to say it does not
> >react chemicaly with anything. Oxygen, as you know, reacts with
most
> >everything. So filling with nitrogen will prevent oxidation of
the
> >inner tire as well as the rim.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 without-a-name so far
>