Can you use HP in a preset nitrogen tank?

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  • automags4ever
    Registered User
    • Jan 2002
    • 254

    #1

    Can you use HP in a preset nitrogen tank?

    I was just wondering because i'm always see tanks classified as nitro tanks and hardly ever see HP tanks.Thanks
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  • virus
    AO's dirty little secret
    • Oct 2000
    • 1524

    #2
    if you mean by hp
    HPA as in high pressure air and/or compressed air..... yes

    remember that the air you are breating is about 74% nitrogen anyway and as far as us in the paintball world are concerned.... its all the same
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    • cphilip
      Former Moderator

      • Jun 2026
      • 16216

      #3
      Uhhh...Thats 79% Virus...but your point is still valid!


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      • Restola
        Certificated Cloud Buster
        • May 2001
        • 2230

        #4
        i thought it was 79.9%. for real.

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        • virus
          AO's dirty little secret
          • Oct 2000
          • 1524

          #5
          eh.... i was close.... i knew it was 70-sumthin.... besides that post was at 11pm and i had been up sence 4am so i was a little tired when i wrote it *8P
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          • MINIMAGMAN
            President of AGD (no...)
            • Nov 2001
            • 108

            #6
            its actually 78%, and heres the proof! so ha!

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            • cphilip
              Former Moderator

              • Jun 2026
              • 16216

              #7
              Oh yes! sorry... I forgot to subtract the Argon and the other rare and minute gases from the 21% Oxygen. They do make up one percent most of the time.

              Substance % by Vol.

              Nitrogen 78.00
              Oxygen 20.95
              Argon 0.93
              Carbon dioxide 0.033
              Neon 0.0018
              Helium 0.0005
              Methane 0.0002
              Krypton 0.0001
              Nitrous oxide 0.000,05
              Hydrogen 0.000,05
              Xenon 0.000,008
              Ozone 0.000,001

              But as you can see that site has done some rounding off too. Mine comes from Hawleys Condensed Chemical Dictionary 13th Edition.


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              • cphilip
                Former Moderator

                • Jun 2026
                • 16216

                #8
                Actually Virus I should say that if you ment "by weight" your figure is very close. By volume its the 78% by weight its 75.53% Nitrogen. Interesting fact eh?


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                • MINIMAGMAN
                  President of AGD (no...)
                  • Nov 2001
                  • 108

                  #9
                  what if helium was 75% weight, we would be floating in the air and bunkering people from the top no?

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                  • SoupRman
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                    • Jul 2001
                    • 652

                    #10
                    Re: Can you use HP in a preset nitrogen tank?

                    Originally posted by automags4ever
                    I was just wondering because i'm always see tanks classified as nitro tanks and hardly ever see HP tanks.Thanks
                    just to make sure your not confused high pressure air tanks and nitrogen tanks are the same thing, you can fill your tank with both, or in combination. either filled to 3000, 4500, or 5000 with the right tank. *note* you cannot fill with a home air compressor, unless its output is 3000 psi or above.
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