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Archive for August 4th, 2006
Nitrogen Inflation
Posted by Tim on August 4, 2006
By filling pure nitrogen gas instead of air in the tire, will lead to increase in tire life for the trucks?
In a product service bulletin issued by Goodyear, the following statements are made regarding nitrogen inflation:
"Nitrogen gas, as an inflation alternative to air, is becoming more prevalent in the market place and is being marketed as a benefit to the standard practice of using air to inflate tires.
Over a period of time both oxygen and nitrogen are able to penetrate through tire casings. However, oxygen molecules and nitrogen molecules are different sizes with oxygen being a smaller molecule than nitrogen. The size difference in the molecules allows the smaller oxygen molecule to permeate through the rubber at a more rapid rate."