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It remains, with its chemical relatives, off in a part of chemical science that's safe from human exploitation. Although Sodium Azide is used in systems which
by Jabbles 16y ago
It remains, with its chemical relatives, off in a part of chemical science that's safe from human exploitation.
Although Sodium Azide is used in systems which save thousands of lives every year - car airbags.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide
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- Natsu 16y agoOlder ones, yes. Newer ones use nitroguanidine and other less-toxic stuff according to the article you linked to. That said, we owe a lot to the brave chemists who manage to figure out how to deal with all these scary chemicals. Even if some of them are probably insane: http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride.php http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_won... I love how the chemical can be written as FOOF, which is strangely reminiscent of the bogus F00F C7C8 instruction that could crash old Pentiums.
- derleth 16y ago> I love how the chemical can be written as FOOF, which is strangely reminiscent of the bogus F00F C7C8 instruction that could crash old Pentiums. Or the sound a small explosion might make, which is the first thing most people would think of. ;-)
- icco 16y ago"it usually detonates violently whatever the temperature, without apparent provocation." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_azide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_azide Anything described like that I would stay far away from too.