Posted by: Carl "Cockroach" Gelhaus on July 30, 2003 at 11:52:15

: I'm sure the auto manufacturers have this under control, but it is might interesting to think that millions of cars are on the streets with such a lethal poison stored onboard. It is interesting that you bring this up. Of actual concern is cars that are sold to salvage yards with undeployed air bags. If compacted, the air bag chemicals may be released into the environment. : Is it still lethal after firing the airbag? ie, is the gas produced by the chemical reaction of the electrical current through the NaN3 just as deadly? Just curious. The release of Na is of concern. Sodium reacts very violently with water. However, in air bag inflation modules, two other chemicals turn this Na into harmless glass.

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