At 7:00 AM -0500 8/27/98, M. Lenon wrote: <snip> and does not react to temperature >changes, thus maintaining an even pressure. (In motorsports, Indy cars, for >example, use nitrogen in their tires, rather than air. That way, hot or cold >tire temperatures do not affect the inflation pressure because the nitrogen >doesn't expand when the tires are running at their normal 200+ degrees >operating temperature. Tire pressure greatly affects handling. Neat, huh?) Whatever happened to PV = nRT. I thought this applied to all gases. If the temperature goes up, either the volume has to increase or the presure does. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks c/o Newfound Woodworks, 67 Danforth Brook Rd, Bristol, NH 03222 (603) 744-6872 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 27 1998 - 12:21:01 PDT
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