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Several chemical companies are promoting the use of nitrogen as an inflation gas to the Tire Industry with claims of improved tire performance. The air we breathe and use to inflate tires chemically consists of 78% nitrogen, 20 % oxygen, and 2% other. When using nitrogen as an inflation gas, the composition of nitrogen increases

The next time you get a set of new tires or get work done at a tire shop, you might drive out of the building with something different in your tires … nitrogen. According to many professionals who rely on inflated tires of some kind, nitrogen works better than oxygen (a main component in air)

Is nitrogen inflation new? No, it’s been used in off-highway tires, aircraft tires and racing car tires for years. How does nitrogen help? Nitrogen permeates through rubber more slowly. It might take six months to lose 2 psi with nitrogen, compared to a month with air. And nitrogen is far less reactive. It doesn’t cause