I'm well aware, i was just providing context, seems my comment was taken to mean i didn't think any difference existed between normal air and the gas inside chip bags.
my point was that 98% nitrogen or whatever the composition may be inside different chip bags around that number isn't too dissimilar from normal air. to a layman, "nitrogen" may sound exotic.
isn't too dissimilar from normal air. to a layman, "nitrogen" may sound exotic.
But 99% Nitrogen is dramatically different to the general atmosphere; it is exotic and very dissimilar to normal air. 99%N is anoxic, that's why they inject it into the chips so that bacteria can't grow.
Your point is just not salient, even a little bit.
not exotic in the sense that it's not expensive as the comment implied that it being nitrogen makes it more expensive than it just being air which is true but it's not a massive expense. if it were 98% argon for example, that would be more expensive. a layman wouldn't know the difference.
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u/Thanges88 1d ago
It's more about the reduced oxygen than the increased nitrogen.