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What gas inflates the air bags on a car?
There is a small explosive that inflates the airbag. It is not gun powder but its a good way to think of it.
How does a srs airbag work?
The computer has sensors to decide if the impact warrants deploying air bags, if so an electrical current triggers the gas generator that inflates the bag.
How do you air up balloons with rotten bananas?
The bacteria eats of the banana, that causes a gas. The gas goes into the balloon, and inflates it.
What chemicals are used in the air bags?
Initially, air bags contain sodium azide (NaN3), which is ignited to produce nitrogen gas and sodium. The nitrogen gas is what inflates the air bag. Another reaction occurs, including sodium and potassium nitrate which produce more nitrogen gas, potassium oxide and sodium oxide. Potassium oxide and sodium oxide are quite harmful, so they are then neutralized with silicon dioxide to produce silica glass (K4SiO4 and Na4SiO4).
What inflates an airbag?
An impact detector sends an electric signal to an igniter which causes sodium azide (NaN3) to generate nitrogen gas. The air bag is filled by the nitrogen gas.
What gas fills air bags?
Callod sodium acid ( NaN3 )
Why does an hot air balloon rise up when you light the burner?
It all has to do with the gas law PV=nRT. When the Temperature "T" increases, the volume of the gas increases which inflates the balloon. It rises because this now warm gas rises through the cooler surrounding air. Warm air rises, cool air sinks
What type of gas is in a dingy?
air is used in a dingy and yes air is a gas
What is the product of nitrogen gas plus sodium?
sodium azide, NaN3.This odorless gas is commonly found in air bags for cars.
What is the type of air?
Air is gas. there are 3 states of matter- solid, liquid and gas.
In a 1995 Ford Contour what speed or circumstance would it take to make the air bags deploy?
Air bags are designed to keep your head, neck, and chest from slamming into the dash, steering wheel or windshield in a front-end crash. They are not designed to inflate in rear-end or rollover crashes or in most side crashes, unless equipped with side airbags. Generally, air bags are designed to deploy in crashes that are equivalent to a vehicle crashing into a solid wall at 8-14 mph. Air bags most often deploy when a vehicle collides with another vehicle or with a solid object like a tree. Air bags inflate when a sensor detects a front-end crash. The sensor sends an electric signal to start a chemical reaction that inflates the air bag with harmless nitrogen gas. All this happens faster than the blink of an eye. Air bags have vents, so they deflate immediately after cushioning you. They cannot smother you and they don't restrict your movement. The "smoke" you may have seen in a vehicle after an air bag demonstration is the nontoxic starch or talc that is used to lubricate the air bag. All air bags are not the same. Air bags differ in design and performance. There are differences in the crash speeds that trigger air bag deployment, the speed and force of deployment, the size and shape of air bags, and the manner in which they unfold and inflate. That is why you should contact your vehicle manufacturer if you want specific information about the air bags in your particular car.
How do you know if a reaction is producing a gas?
Put a balloon over the top of the test tube. If the balloon inflates, it is from the gas that was produced.
