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Old 11-04-13 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by lhbernhardt
fill the tire with nitrogen, which does not expand with heat.
Is Nitrogen somehow exempt from Boyles Law?

All gasses increase in pressure proportional to the temperature Kelvin. I don't know if nitrogen is a poorer heat conductor than air, which may be a factor, but given that air is already 80% nitrogen, I can't imagine that it would be very different.
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