Airbags

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…showed last 75 words of 863 total…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.