What makes the airbag blow up like a balloon? Chemistry! Instead of transporting compressed gas in the car to inflate the airbag, we take advantage of a very fast reaction that produces the needed gas ...

An automotive airbag is a fabric structure inflated at high speed by a small explosive charge when triggered by the sharp deceleration of an incident. It is intended to cushion any impact the ...

But she too was concerned about instances when the airbags inflated at the wrong time. “My teammate was just ducking under a fence line at training and because she ducked under it and was going ...