why do people think Nitrous burns?

[cwass99@rogers.com (cwass99@rogers.com)]

     OK, I was planning to stay out of this, but then again, I like shooting off
my mouth ;)  First, the N in NOS (Nitrous Oxide) is for Nitrogen, which burns
quite effectively in the presence of oxygen.  Don't take my word for
it, go watch a film of the Hindenburg.  Secondly, the intended effect of burning
NOS is to increase the free oxygen available for combustion, increasing the burn
rate and temperature.  That's what it does in the cylinder, and there's nothing
that says it can't do that in your trunk.
     Oxygen, by itself, won't burn, but it's an essential component of
combustion and the more available the hotter and more intense the fire
involved.  That's why hospitals get cranky about fire around oxygen tanks. 
That or they figured out that people on oxygen probably don't need a bunch of
people standing around smoking ;)
     The effect of NOS on a fire is potentially nasty, and when you allow for
the probability of an exploding bottle, is it any wonder fire-fighters get
twitchy when they see a car on fire with a NOS bottle in the back seat?

Cheers,
Colin


On 05-Feb-2002 Larry wrote:
> For the exact same reason so many people think oxygen is flammable.
> Hospitals are the worst offenders.
>  Oxygen is not flammable.  Oxygen will not burn.  Oxygen will not explode
> (except in the sense that Patrick mentions).
> 
> Larry   sandiego16V
> 
>> NOS IS NOT FLAMMABLE
>>
>> Why do people always think NOS - Burns...
>> The bottle explodes (bottle breaks by heat expansionof the Gas inside the
>> bottle but there is no fireball! there is Nothing flammable in NOS.
>>
>> ATs - Patrick Bureau
>>
>> =>-----Original Message-----
>> =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Marc Peterson
>> =>Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:35 PM
>> =>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> =>Subject: Newest member of the "what's the point?" rice mod club
>> =>
>> =>
>> =>From TWICE, the Consumer Electronics trade mag...
>> =>
>> =>And I quote...
>> =>
>> =>    "One of the most unusual subwoofers at CES came,         not
>> =>suprisingly, from Bazooka, with its "Bass In A         Bottle" 200 watt,
>> =>8-inch subwoofer disguised as a         nitrous oxide bottle.
>> =>The speaker,
>> =>aimed at the "tuner"     market, was inspired by the fact that many
> sport
>> =>compact enthusiants plave the bottles in their cars for     show without
>> =>even hooking them up, said a                     spokesman."
>> =>
>> =>Shown in the article is a blue cylinder the exact size as a gas bottle,
>> =>painted blue, with a fake shutoff valve and even a sticker that
>> =>mimicks the
>> =>label on a tank, right down to the triangle shaped MSDS (Material Data
>> =>Safety Sheet) labels.  You know, the ones that say hey, this here
>> =>this is a
>> =>highly flammable product.
>> =>
>> =>I for one would not want to be a fireman running up to an accident and
>> =>seeing what appears to be a bottle of juice in the back of the
>> =>hatch...only
>> =>to find out that its a damn speaker!  Talk about unneccessary panic...
>> =>
>> =>Marc
>> =>
>> =>
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