Sodium azide is a white powder that explodes when it hits metal. When it hits water, it turns into an acid that can eat through your skin. When it’s inhaled, it shreds your lungs.

sodium azide 1 Articles . Explosions That Save Lives. January 6, 2017 by Dan Maloney 36 Comments . Normally, when something explodes it tends to be a bad day for all involved.

TRW said last year that it would end sodium azide production at the plant at 11202 E. Germann Road by mid-2003 as the company switches to newer technology that uses a less toxic chemical for air ...

In the late 1990s the airbag maker Takata introduced a system that replaced sodium azide with ammonium nitrate—a fertilizer and well-known explosive. This change proved disastrous.

LEAD azide is still prepared by using, in principle, a method first described by Curtius1. This method involves reacting a soluble inorganic azide, preferably sodium azide, with a soluble lead ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Lead Azide—A Powerful Explosive ” in SA Supplements Vol. 86 No. 2230supp (September 1918), p. 195 doi:10.1038 ...

China's CATL on Monday launched a new brand for its sodium-ion batteries, Naxtra, which it said would go into mass production in December, and a second generation of its fast-charging battery for ...