On Jun 10, 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know... but it's only one component (actually several - there are wasted > elements in air) of the mixture. Imagine how much would be used up if oxygen > was the only component.
Air is 78% nitrogen (N2), 20% oxygen (O2), 1% argon, less than 1% CO2, and a bunch of trace stuff. Of those components, the only one involved in combustion is oxygen. Some of the nitrogen that came along for the ride gets converted into the NOx pollution that makes for smog, but you don't get any energy out of it (in fact it takes some away). Argon is referred to as a "noble gas" because it doesn't form chemical bonds. CO2 is "already burnt", and is not involved in your combustion chamber except as a waste product. That's about it. --Ian _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
