solution is allowed to stand in a warm place for an hour and disposed of.

Applications

Automobile airbags and aircraft evacuation slides

Airbag formulations through late 1990s to early 2000s contained mixtures of oxidizers, sodium azide and other agents including ignitors and accelerants. An electronic controller detonates this mixture during an automobile crash:
:The same reaction occurs upon heating the salt to approximately 300 °C. The sodium that is formed is a potential

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