Tire inflation with Nitrogen or ?

So, all jokes aside, what is the reasoning of using Nitrogen? Something
to do with no oxidizing because of lack of O2??? I get many years out
of a set of baloney skins and the tread wears off before they rot out,
so it seems like it would just be added expense. Plus, I believe a tank
of Nitrogen would last 100 lifetimes if all you used it for was to fill
airplane tires.

Scott


Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Maxwell" said:

wrote in message
groups.com...

Michelin recomends inflating tires with nitrogen. What about Argon? I
got a bottle of argon I use in Mig welding aluminum. Isn't argon
better than Nitrogen? What about the common 75% Argon and 25% CO2
welding mixture?


I'm not sure about the other aspects, but nitrogen is about 1/3 the price.


And ordinary compressed air is already 80% nitrogen.



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