sodium azide

noun

a white, crystalline salt, NaN₃; it is explosive, and is used in automobile airbags

Meanings

nounsodium azide (plural sodium azides)

plural sodium azides

  1. chemistrya white, crystalline salt, NaN₃; it is explosive, and is used in automobile airbags

Translations

Italian azoturo di sodio
  • azoturo di sodioWhite, crystalline salt
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