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Fucking airbags, how do they work?

Oh.... nevermind.

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I'm pretty sure this was made by scientists, and you know how they're untrustworthy liars, so...just keep wondering.
>> ^CrushBug:

Fucking airbags, how do they work?
Oh.... nevermind.

I always found this reaction to be interesting. Its such a rapid and highly exothermic reaction, but at the same time, it yields elemental sodium which has such a high enthalpy and chemical instability.

It's fucking magic, ninjas!

Oh man, there's something about the crash at the beginning that breaks me up. Crash, Pop, FACEPLANT.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'airbag, cars' to 'vehicle, crash, collision, cars, chemistry, exothermic, nitrogen, controlled, reaction' - edited by SlipperyPete