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Subject:Re: Nytrogen and tires
From:Angus Gordon
Date:Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:55:12 -0500

> PV = nRT ( T in Kelvin)
> It's all you need to know Angus. For tires, balloons, business meetings :)
> 

I knew I'd been missing something. It's all about hot air, says Alistair...

Angus

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>> On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks David, I've been using a rule of thumb of 1% per 5F for a long time but I don't know where it came from. Michelin perhaps. Normally I only use it to overinflate when headed to a cold destination. Kept me out of the weeds so far...
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>> Angus
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>>> On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:46 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
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>>> At 11:19 PM 10/17/2015, Angus Gordon wrote:
>>>> I have experience with nitrogen filled tires on aircraft and can tell you that it certainly doesn't negate pressure changes with temperature. That's still something we deal with. I don't see any real value in using nitrogen in car tires.
>>> 
>>> I believe pressure change as a percentage per degree will be essentially the same no matter what gas or combination of gases is used to fill a tire.  It amounts to roughly one psi per ten degrees Fahrenheit for tires at ordinary pressures and temperatures.
>>> 
>>> Yrs,
>>> d