why do people think Nitrous burns?

[bencoates@yahoo.com (Matt Coates)]

"And nos increases the amount of free oxygen by super cooling the air 
around it,
making it more dense and makeing it take up less space which causes more
air to rush in to the void.. effectively causing "super forced induction" 

>From Holley's NOS website:

Q: How does nitrous work?
A: Nitrous oxide is made up of 2 parts nitrogen and one part oxygen (36% oxygen
by weight). During the combustion process in an engine, at about 572 degrees F,
nitrous breaks down and releases oxygen. This extra oxygen creates additional
power by allowing more fuel to be burned. Nitrogen acts to buffer, or dampen
the increased cylinder pressures helping to control the combustion process.
Nitrous also has a tremendous "intercooling" effect by reducing intake charge
temperatures by 60 to 75 degrees F. 





--- Curtis Schofield <schofiel@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> >      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.
> 
> erm.. Nitrogen doesn't burn.. and the Hindenburg was full of hydrogen!
> (which does burn)
> 
> >  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
> >
> 
> And nos increases the amount of free oxygen by super cooling the air 
> around it,
> making it more dense and makeing it take up less space which causes more
> air to rush in to the void.. effectively causing "super forced 
> induction" ;)
> 
> At least that's my take on it.
> 
> 
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