Sodium azide

the azide of sodium is appeared as a crystalline solid, white and odorless. Toxique and unstable, it explodes under the effect of a weak shock or if heated quickly.

It could be released by ammunition degraded starting from the Azoture of lead which they contain.

Chemical formula: NaN₃

State: Crystalline solid, or vapor emitted by its solution

molecular Mass: 65,02

Density: 1,846 g/ml with 20 °C

Solubility (in water): 417,00 g/l with 20 °C

Toxicity

This molecule is absorbed by the respiratory tracts, the skin and the digestive tracts.

Effects

Ingestion: dyspnea, hypotension, dizzy spells, violent one headaches, nauseas, vomiting, diarrhea, incontinence, perspiration, weakness, loss of conscience;

serious Intoxication: collapse, loss of conscience, loss of muscular tone, unweave respiratory, acidosis, ventricular Fibrillation, cerebral edema, then dead.

The solutions of sodium azide release from the vapors of Acide hydrazoic acid, which announce by violent one headaches after inhalation, as well as dizzy spells, weakness, cough, hypotension.

Lethal amount 50, lethal concentration 50

DL50:

Rat (Oral): 27 mg/kg

Mouse (Oral): 27 mg/kg

Rabbit (Cutaneous): 20 mg/kg

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