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
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Sodium Azide — R-3m:R |
| Formula | NaN3 |
| Crystal system | trigonal |
| Space group | R -3 m :R |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 5.481, 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)