APPLICATION OF GAS LAWSJona Seigel

Mack Morgan

Problem

You are asked to design an air bag for a car. You know that the bag should be filled with a pressure at 829 mm Hg, and at 22 degrees C. The bag has a volume of 45.5 L. What quantity of sodium azide, NaN3, should be used to generate the required quantity of gas? The reaction is

2 NaN3 2 Na + 3 N2