Air bags are activated when a severe impact causes a steel b…
Air bags are activated when a severe impact causes a steel ball to compress a spring and electrically ignite a detonator cap. This causes sodium azide (NaN3) to decompose explosively according to the following reaction: 2NaN3(s) ® 2Na(s) + 3N2(g) What mass of NaN3(s) must be reacted in order to inflate an air bag to 75.0 l at STP?
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