A mole of an ideal gas takes up 22.4 L at STP. Burning a hydrocarbon makes lots of H20 and CO2; the latter is 1-for-1 with the oxygen in the air, but the water is 2-for-1. Plus the heating, which causes the expansion or pressure increase. But I’d like to see what happens after a little time has elapsed and the gases cool off and the water condenses. I suspect you need to hook the tire up to a compressor really soon — this is a trick to seat the tire on the rim.
Daily Archives: April 22, 2009
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The Onion: NASA Embarks On Epic Delay
Top officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration unveiled plans this week for a comprehensive, multibillion-dollar delay—the agency’s most ambitious postponement of cosmic exploration ever.
The unprecedented delay has reportedly brought together the nation’s foremost aerospace engineers, whose combined efforts have already added 18 months of rescheduled meetings to the daring mission