RT Book, Section
A1 Dyer, Jo Ellen
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174605204
T1 AZIDE, SODIUM
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174605204
RD 2021/02/26
AB Sodium  azide  is  a  highly  toxic  white  crystalline  solid.  It  has  come  into  widespread  use  in  automobile  air  bags;  its  explosive  decomposition  to  nitrogen  gas  provides  rapid  inflation  of  the  air  bag  (Note:  some  newer-generation  airbags  utilize  ammonium  nitrate  as  the  explosive  chemical).  In  addition,  sodium  azide  is  used  in  the  production  of  metallic  azide  explosives  and  as  a  preservative  in  laboratories.  It  has  no  current  medical  uses,  but  because  of  its  potent  vasodilator  effects,  it  has  been  evaluated  as  an  antihypertensive  agent.