Subject	SZR: Why NOS? I been wondering what it is about that...
Posted by	Black95 on February 15, 2009 at 9:23 PM
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Message	gas that makes it advantageous for HP. Why not a different gas? I've seen diesels with air/diesel/propane fuel mixtures. My brother built a lawn mower that runs on hydrogen. When other gases are readily available, why would the world use NOS instead of others? Is it the kinetic energy released, the stability of the gas, or some other thing? I'm just thinking (I know, there you go thinking again.) ______________________ "Post the pic here of your missing nipple." - robo (sebring1970) 12 Feb 2009 ______________________ "Smart people tend to believe that everyone else "gets it." Incompetent people display both an increasing tendency to overestimate their cognitive abilities and a belief that they are smarter than the majority of those demonstrably sharper." Robert Burton, Sept. '08
Follow Ups	SZR: Why NOS? I been wondering what it is about that... - Black95 21:23:24 02/15/09 Nitrous Oxide is just another source of oxygen, that's all. (n/m) - ZLover4Life 21:30:01 02/15/09 Why not straight O2? Does the nitrogeon really make it... - Black95 21:39:01 02/15/09 I'm not a chemist. - ZLover4Life 22:00:47 02/15/09 I started trying to explain, then I gave up and found this - EUGENE 01:20:45 02/16/09 thats a good read (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 08:54:36 02/16/09 2nd good read. - ZLover4Life 14:18:38 02/16/09 Its more air which equals more combustion. Not only are - 5280Z_nightstalker 21:36:30 02/15/09 Is it the nitrogen that makes it that much colder... - Black95 22:21:56 02/15/09 pv=nrt (n/m) - SactoTodd 22:28:56 02/15/09 2nd. Anytime you release pressurized gas, it cools. (n/m) - ZLover4Life 23:44:20 02/15/09 As sactotodd said Oxygen not air. Sorry kind of being - 5280Z_nightstalker 23:19:10 02/15/09 2nd. - nemo1080 (Iowa) 07:07:33 02/16/09 The nitrogen does not act as a "stabilizer" - BobbyT 12:06:04 02/16/09 Oxygen. (n/m) - SactoTodd 22:28:34 02/15/09 serious? (n/m) - kneronaSMZ 22:34:02 02/15/09 Re: SZR: Why NOS? I been wondering what it is about that... - twin3037 22:55:09 02/15/09 The temperature matters...in addition to - BobbyT 12:09:13 02/16/09 Re: The temperature matters...in addition to - twin3037 12:37:45 02/16/09 The fact that it's like 125 below zero means - BobbyT 15:06:39 02/16/09 Re: The fact that it's like 125 below zero means - twin3037 16:23:10 02/16/09 Because liquid O2 is rediculously dangerous - FuerGrissa 00:59:06 02/16/09 2nd. plus you would have to add a ton more gas to compensate - nemo1080 (Iowa) 07:04:56 02/16/09 It doesn't "burn" any hotter by itself than after being - BobbyT 12:12:57 02/16/09
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