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Originally Posted by GewoW
the whole point is that given the fact that there is no water in a tire completely filled with nitrogen (as opposed to regular air) the tire will be much less prone to wide pressure variations with different temperatures (read pressure will not go up as much on the track)
as for if it works well or not...well...in theory...........
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I don't think so. The ideal gas law still applies to both air and nitrogen equally. If the temp goes up the pressure will go up proportionally regardless of the gas inside the tire. PV=nRT does not have a term for the element.
P=pressure
V=volume
n=moles of gas
T=temperature
R = gas constant = 0.0821 L atm K-1 mol-1.
Furthermore, tire temps will not get hot enough to cause any moisture in the tire to effect the pressure (it would need to approach boiling point) and that the amount of moisture in the air in the tire is insignificant.
If there is still some concern it would be money better spent to buy a dryer for your compressor rather than fill up with nitrogen.