1. Fast forward a few years…  As an undergraduate student, you have an engineering internship at a company that designs airbag systems.  You help design an airbag prototype using your excellent chemistry knowledge. Unfortunately…

2. While you expected this…

3. This is what happened

4. On your paper…  Record and/or draw your initial hypothesis for what happened to cause the differences between the two airbags  What further information do you need to revise your design? Come up with 1-2 questions to gain that information.

5. What happens inside an airbag:

6. Chemical Reaction:  You asked your supervisor what chemical reaction is taking place inside the airbag. He provides the following reaction: NaN 3(s)  Na (s) + N 2(g)

7. On your paper…  Using the information you have now gathered, how can we alter the design to ensure we get exact amount of inflation needed to save a person in a car crash?  Draw and/or write your ideas for a proposal