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Inside the undeployed air bag are pellets of sodium azide (NaN3). Upon impact an electric current is pass through the NaN3, causing it to decompose into sodium metal and nitrogen gas. The nitrogen takes up a large amount of space.
2NaN3 --> 2Na + 3N2
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