Sodium azide is commonly used as a bacteriostatic preservative for biological samples and also as a source to generate gas in automobile airbags. It is also a metabolic inhibitor, which inhibits oxidative phosphorylation. Synonyms: Hydrazoic acid sodium salt; NSC 3072 Molecular…

Molecular Formula: N3Na Molecular Weight: 65.01 Linear Structural Formula: NaN3 MDL Number: MFCD00003536 Purity: >=99%; 99.0-101.0% (RT) Application: Sodium azide is well known for its application in automobile air bags. It also find use in organic synthesis involving azide functionalization.