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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gixxer9" data-source="post: 681309" data-attributes="member: 558824">Well, I was not trying to get overly technical with the description, but I will for the benefit of all....Nitrous oxide is 36% oxygen by weight, and the atmosphere is 23% oxygen by weight.....  Also, n2o is 50% denser than air at a given pressure.  In our terms, one cubic foot of n2o has 2.3 times as much oxygen as a cubic foot of air....n20 also adds power with its dramatic cooling effect on the intake charge, but that is off topic, like the rest of my rant, lol...Like Moocow stated, nitrous oxide is an oxidizer, but oxidizers are not flammable by themselves, but they do make flammable substances more flammable by oxidizing them (adding oxygen molecules).If you can ignite n20 by itself, you would be operating outside the laws of nature.</blockquote>

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