Alan is totally right, the "commercial" nitrous is "denatured" (made
poisonous by adding 100ppm of sulfur dioxide), will really give you lung
problems, so ventilation is key.
Always try to get phamacutical nitrous (much cleaner, and no sulfur dioxide,
but I hear that is really getting hard to come by).
Alan is also right that it will displace oxygen and you can literally
smother from it, ventilation again.
Thanks Alan for those really important items I overlooked.
Bobby
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Alan Short
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 3:22 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Laughing gas legends
Robert Cash wrote:
> Thought I'd throw my two cents in on the notorious nitrous. Sorry to ring
> in late in the thread, but there are a few items I'd like to share
> concerning this stuff.
>
> 1) Nitrous by itself is not flammable:
> N20 will only accelerate combustion under a tremendous amount of heat
and
> pressure, forcing the release of the oxygen molecule.. In this
environment,
> if there is ANYTHING capable of being oxidized, believe me, it will do it.
> At ambient temps with no pressure, if the tank blows the burst disk and
you
> are near it, it will likely only hurt your ears from the noise, and you'll
> be silly for a few minutes from the gas.
I'd like to add something here, the rest, I totally agree with...
DON'T breathe non-medical grade nitrous! Even then, you must have a oxygen
supply or risk asphyxiation!
Commercial grade nitrous(common type) has sulphur dioxide mixed in to
stabilize
it at altitude...highly toxic!
No legend either, try a oil test on a "juiced" engine.
Alan S.
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