Life-saving explosions - Airbags

In this episode I confront the horrible memory of my one and only bad car crash. I only remember fragments, but the airbag was a big part of the memory. If you want to know how explosions save lives everyday on the road, then tune in.

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Sources

Airbag Technology

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_match

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_generator

Chemicals used in Airbags

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_azide

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroguanidine

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroguanidin

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanidine_nitrate

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanidiniumnitrat

Density, Avogadro’s constant and the Mole

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichte

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro-Konstante

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit)

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mol

Further Reading on Airbags

· https://www.explainthatstuff.com/airbags.html

· http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/CourseTutorials/bb/Airbags/151_T5_07_airbags.pdf

· https://www.chemie-azubi.de/detailansicht/news/klugscheisser-wissen-wie-funktioniert-ein-airbag/

Fun video on Airbag demonstration

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4I4hvy_hM

· General Chemistry Ebbing p. 27ff, 190-197

Side Note: Seemingly a connection to rocket fuel

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raketentreibstoff

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_propellant