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To: 2harddrive

I believe sodium azide is used commonly for airbag inflation charges. It may be part of a mixture that is vendor specific though.


13 posted on 08/29/2016 12:26:14 PM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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To: Crolis

Takata uses cheaper ammonium nitrate - the same thing used on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City - which would probably be ok if it wasn’t subjected to heat and humidity.

“by 2001 Takata had switched to an alternative formula, ammonium nitrate” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/business/takatas-switch-to-cheaper-airbag-propellant-is-at-center-of-crisis.html


19 posted on 08/29/2016 12:39:09 PM PDT by PAR35
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