(can't edit the original anymore) Sodium azide is crazy stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide N- =

(can't edit the original anymore) Sodium azide is crazy stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide N- = N+ = N- Na+ > This colorless salt is the gas-forming component in some car airbag systems. It is used for the preparation of other azide compounds. It is an ionic substance, is highly soluble in water, and is very acutely poisonous. > Sodium azide can be fatally toxic, and even minute amounts can cause symptoms. The toxicity of this compound is comparable to that of soluble alkali cyanides, although no toxicity has been reported from spent airbags. (and since people are going to wonder) > While sodium azide is still used in evacuation slides on modern aircraft, newer-generation automotive air bags contain less sensitive explosives such as nitroguanidine or guanidine nitrate. It's got a few big numbers on the fire diamond (3s and 4s are things I would rather not be in the same room with for any length of time). And some related compounds: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-azidoazide-azides-more-or-less https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor... https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-cyanogen-azide https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...