why do people think Nitrous burns?

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Colin-
The gas that lit up the Hindenburg was not nitrogen, it was HYDROGEN.
Nitrogen will not burn.  Period.

Larry  sandiego16V


>      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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