I am doing multiple ungraded practices on airbags for an upcoming quiz. This is one of the practices i have found online. Read the article i have attached and then answer the questions. Thank you :)   1. What type of reaction occurs initially with sodium azide when airbags initially deploy? 2. Write the complete, balanced reaction below. 3. What would happen if the manufacturers did not start with the correct amount of sodium azide? 4. Based on the article, what is stoichiometry? Why is it important for airbag safety? 5. Why is potassium nitrate also in airbags? 6. Write the balanced equation for the reaction between potassium nitrate and sodium below. 7. What is the point of silicon dioxide? 8. Why are careful stoichiometric calculations important for air bags and safety

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I am doing multiple ungraded practices on airbags for an upcoming quiz. This is one of the practices i have found online. Read the article i have attached and then answer the questions. Thank you :)

 

1. What type of reaction occurs initially with sodium azide when airbags initially deploy?
2. Write the complete, balanced reaction below.
3. What would happen if the manufacturers did not start with the correct amount of sodium azide?
4. Based on the article, what is stoichiometry? Why is it important for airbag safety?
5. Why is potassium nitrate also in airbags?
6. Write the balanced equation for the reaction between potassium nitrate and sodium below.
7. What is the point of silicon dioxide?
8. Why are careful stoichiometric calculations important for air bags and safety

Chemistry in Action
Air Bags and Stoichiometry
Air bags are part of the mandatory
safety systems in passenger vehicles
currently sold in the United States. An
air bag inflates upon collision and
prevents the driver or passenger from
hitting the steering wheel, dash-
board, or windshield. An air bag also
absorbs some of the force resulting
from the collision by immediately
deflating through vents when the dri-
ver or passenger hits the air bag
Air bags are amazing devices. They
must inflate within 0.04 seconds of a
collision. Because a collision cannot
not provide adequate protection.
Clearly, the stoichiometry of the
reaction is very important.
The safety of the chemical products
produced in air bags is also an impor-
reactive to be considered safe. A third
ingredient, silicon dioxide, SiO2, the
main ingredient in sand, reacts with
the sodium oxide and potassium oxide
to form a safe, stable silicate glass. As
a result, all of the harmful products
generated during the air bag inflation
are converted into safe substances.
tant consideration. Sodium azide is
highly toxic, but it is entirely con-
sumed in the decomposition reaction.
The sodium that is produced by the
sodium azide decomposition can react
explosively with water to produce
sodium hydroxide and hydrogen.
Potassium nitrate, KNO, is mixed with
the sodium azide because KNO3 can
react with the sodium metal to pro-
duce safer compounds, as shown in
the following unbalanced equation:
However, the reaction of the potassi-
um nitrate with the sodium metal also
produces nitrogen gas, which will
increase the volume of gas inside the
air bag. Careful stoichiometric calcula-
tions are needed to choose the correct
amount of reactants to yield the total
volume of nitrogen required for the air
bag to function properly.
be predicted, the inflation system
must be ready to activate at any time
during the life of the vehicle. The rapid
chemical decomposition of solid sodi-
um azide, NaN, allows the air bag to
inflate fast at any time. The decompo-
sition reaction is initiated in a car by a
small ignition induced by a collision
sensing mechanism. The nitrogen gas
produced during the reaction inflates
the air bag. Although NaN, is stable at
room temperature, it decomposes into
solid sodium and nitrogen gas at tem-
peratures above 300°C by the reac-
tion shown beloW.
KNO,(s) + Na(s)→
Question
1. Balance the equation for the
reaction of potassium nitrate
K,0(s) + Na,0(s) + N2(g)
Another chemical reaction is still
required because the potassium oxide,
K,0, and sodium oxide, Na,O, are too
and sodium.
V An air bag inflates with nitrogen in 0.04 seconds.
2NAN3(s) → 2Na(s) + 3N,(g)
An air bag has a fixed volume,
which means that the amount of gas
released has to be carefully con-
trolled. A typical air bag contains
approximately 130 g of NaN3 that
can produce 67 L of N, gas when
NaN3 decomposes. If an insufficient
amount of nitrogen were produced,
the air bag would under inflate and
Transcribed Image Text:Chemistry in Action Air Bags and Stoichiometry Air bags are part of the mandatory safety systems in passenger vehicles currently sold in the United States. An air bag inflates upon collision and prevents the driver or passenger from hitting the steering wheel, dash- board, or windshield. An air bag also absorbs some of the force resulting from the collision by immediately deflating through vents when the dri- ver or passenger hits the air bag Air bags are amazing devices. They must inflate within 0.04 seconds of a collision. Because a collision cannot not provide adequate protection. Clearly, the stoichiometry of the reaction is very important. The safety of the chemical products produced in air bags is also an impor- reactive to be considered safe. A third ingredient, silicon dioxide, SiO2, the main ingredient in sand, reacts with the sodium oxide and potassium oxide to form a safe, stable silicate glass. As a result, all of the harmful products generated during the air bag inflation are converted into safe substances. tant consideration. Sodium azide is highly toxic, but it is entirely con- sumed in the decomposition reaction. The sodium that is produced by the sodium azide decomposition can react explosively with water to produce sodium hydroxide and hydrogen. Potassium nitrate, KNO, is mixed with the sodium azide because KNO3 can react with the sodium metal to pro- duce safer compounds, as shown in the following unbalanced equation: However, the reaction of the potassi- um nitrate with the sodium metal also produces nitrogen gas, which will increase the volume of gas inside the air bag. Careful stoichiometric calcula- tions are needed to choose the correct amount of reactants to yield the total volume of nitrogen required for the air bag to function properly. be predicted, the inflation system must be ready to activate at any time during the life of the vehicle. The rapid chemical decomposition of solid sodi- um azide, NaN, allows the air bag to inflate fast at any time. The decompo- sition reaction is initiated in a car by a small ignition induced by a collision sensing mechanism. The nitrogen gas produced during the reaction inflates the air bag. Although NaN, is stable at room temperature, it decomposes into solid sodium and nitrogen gas at tem- peratures above 300°C by the reac- tion shown beloW. KNO,(s) + Na(s)→ Question 1. Balance the equation for the reaction of potassium nitrate K,0(s) + Na,0(s) + N2(g) Another chemical reaction is still required because the potassium oxide, K,0, and sodium oxide, Na,O, are too and sodium. V An air bag inflates with nitrogen in 0.04 seconds. 2NAN3(s) → 2Na(s) + 3N,(g) An air bag has a fixed volume, which means that the amount of gas released has to be carefully con- trolled. A typical air bag contains approximately 130 g of NaN3 that can produce 67 L of N, gas when NaN3 decomposes. If an insufficient amount of nitrogen were produced, the air bag would under inflate and
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