The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is shut down to safely remove highly explosive lead azide, a chemical used in munitions, the U ...

MIDDLETOWN, Iowa — The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant announced operations remain paused while crews work to remove a chemical ...

Army officials announced last week that plant operations would be temporarily paused "to conduct a proactive safety review." ...

Azides are chemical compounds widely used in synthetic organic chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and materials chemistry. However, conventional synthesis methods for azide compounds have severe ...

Sodium azide is a white powder that explodes when it hits metal. When it hits water, it turns into an acid that can eat through your skin. When it’s inhaled, it shreds your lungs. But for a long time, ...

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TRW Automotive will cease production this month of an explosive chemical that caused dozens of fiery explosions at its east Mesa air bag plant and sparked community protests. The company said it will ...

Two recent articles refer to the hazards of working with sodium azide (NaN 3) (C&EN, Jan. 11, page 4, and Nov. 9, 2009, page 8). American Azide Corp., a division of American Pacific Corp. (AMPAC), has ...

INHIBITION of respiration by azide has been known for many years. It is now generally considered that azide not only inhibits electron transfer through the cytochrome chain, presumably by inhibiting ...