Sodium Azide

Sodium Azide

compound
NaN3

The explosive compound that inflates car airbags in a fraction of a second

Every time a car airbag saves a life, it's because sodium azide decomposes in milliseconds to fill the bag with nitrogen gas.

Material

Gallery canvas set in a solid wood floating frame.

Frame

Brown

$70.00

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Shown true-to-size - a 8×10in piece scaled against real furniture.

Crystallography

Catalogue identitySodium Azide — R-3m:R
FormulaNaN3
Crystal systemtrigonal
Space groupR -3 m :R
Lattice (a, b, c) Å5.481, 5.481, 5.481
Angles (α, β, γ) °38.72, 38.72, 38.72
Density (g/cm³)1.85

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)