Many car airbag inflators contain small amounts of a toxic molecule called sodium azide, or NaN 3 (one sodium atom and three nitrogen atoms combined). Sodium azide breaks down very quickly when heated ...

That air bag deployed rapidly thanks to an energetic material called sodium azide, which generates nitrogen gas during a chemical reaction to inflate your airbag. But what’s an energetic material?

The second selective ingredient is sodium azide. This chemical inhibits the growth of Gram-negatives. The differential ingredient is esculin. If an organism can hydrolyze esculin in the presence of ...