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Automobile air bags employ a chemical reaction involving the rapid decomposition of sodium azide (NaN3) into sodium metal and nitrogen gas to inflate in a collision. How much sodium azide is required to decompose to inflate a 22.7 L air bag? Assume that the gas is at standard temperature and pressure.   Atomic Mass: Na: 22.990 g/mol N: 14.007 g/mol   Round your answer to 2 decimal places

Automobile air bags employ a chemical reaction involving the rapid decomposition of sodium azide (NaN3) into sodium metal and nitrogen gas to inflate in a collision. How much sodium azide is required to decompose to inflate a 22.7 L air bag? Assume that the gas is at standard temperature and pressure.   Atomic Mass: Na: 22.990 g/mol N: 14.007 g/mol   Round your answer to 2 decimal places

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Automobile air bags employ a chemical reaction involving the rapid decomposition of sodium azide (NaN3) into sodium metal and nitrogen gas to inflate in a collision. How much sodium azide is required to decompose to inflate a 22.7 L air bag? Assume that the gas is at standard temperature and pressure.

 

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Na: 22.990 g/mol

N: 14.007 g/mol

 
Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
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