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<blockquote data-quote="Wonderbread" data-source="post: 42980" data-attributes="member: 541455">partially right, but aslo partially wrong, go through thte process of the combustion if gasoline,a dn tehn the addidtion of nitrous oxide...At room temperature, N2O is quite unreactive with most substances, including alkali metals, halogens, and even ozone. When heated sufficiently, however, N2O decomposes exothermically to N2 and O2.<img src="http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/n2o/n20react.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />2 N20(g) -------&amp;gt; 2 N2(g) + O2 (g)If this reaction occurs in the combustion chamber of an automobile, 3 moles of gas would be produced from 2 moles, providing an extra boost to the piston, as well as liberating more heat. It also has a number of other benefits. The increased oxygen provides more efficient combustion of fuel, the nitrogen buffers the increased cylinder pressure controlling the combustion, and the latent heat of vaporisation of the N2O reduces the intake temperature.There you have it in a nutshell...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wonderbread, post: 42980, member: 541455"] partially right, but aslo partially wrong, go through thte process of the combustion if gasoline,a dn tehn the addidtion of nitrous oxide... At room temperature, N2O is quite unreactive with most substances, including alkali metals, halogens, and even ozone. When heated sufficiently, however, N2O decomposes exothermically to N2 and O2. [IMG]http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/n2o/n20react.gif[/IMG] 2 N20(g) -------> 2 N2(g) + O2 (g) If this reaction occurs in the combustion chamber of an automobile, 3 moles of gas would be produced from 2 moles, providing an extra boost to the piston, as well as liberating more heat. It also has a number of other benefits. The increased oxygen provides more efficient combustion of fuel, the nitrogen buffers the increased cylinder pressure controlling the combustion, and the latent heat of vaporisation of the N2O reduces the intake temperature. There you have it in a nutshell... [/QUOTE]

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