Is nitrous flammable?

[stu]

Is nitrous flammable, I did a search on Honda-tech but did not find anything. My cousin and I have a disagreement, but neither one of us really knows. Please include the basics of how nitrous does its thing.

[civic4doors]

nitrous is not flammable but it is combustable

[HONDA GHANDI]

It is an oxidizer which means it is not flammable by itself but mix it with anything that can be considered a fuel and add an ignition source and BOOM!

[Brian]

They use the nitrogen atoms to controll the oxygen burn. They used to use pure oxygen i nthe early space days of NASA. They found out the hard way that it blows up big time when under pressure. After that incident they started using a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen to slow the burn so to speak.

[exciv2000]

AFAIK it's technically illegal to carry it around in your trunk without a hazardous chemicals sticker or license or some crap like that.

[HONDA GHANDI]

Yeah thats what the Westmunster police said to me.

[exciv2000]

pretty stupid if you ask me

[HONDA GHANDI]

Yeah thats what I said.

[toutsuu]

i have nx stickers on my car, does that count? but seriously if you guys saw me at idrc today, they are coming off... i just put them there for fun :)

[SC-MECHAM-WS6]

it will blow up your car and garage if u leave the bottle warmer on all night... :eek:

didnt happen to me, but there are pics of it happening on the net

[stu]

So your basically saying that a wet kit is not a good idea for my Weber (the grill)?

[nolimitsoldier]

nitrous isn't, but NOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS is

hehe