Airbags

Automobiles are being equipped with airbags that inflate on collision to protect the driver or passenger from injury. A car’s airbag is located on the steering wheel, this airbag is for the driver, and on the dashboard, this airbag is for the passenger. Automobile airbags are inflated by the electrical system and sensors in the car that triggers a chemical reaction to occur. When a car is involved in a car accident the airbag …

…inflate and deflate in order for the driver or passenger to be securely cushion during the impact. Chemical reactions occur when these sensors trigger the airbag to be inflated, sodium azide is the propellant used as a reactant to produce nitrogen gas, the gas that the airbag is inflated with. Consequently, the whole process of the inflation of automobile airbags is caused by sensors and a chemical reaction producing nitrogen gas to inflate the airbag.