Cadmium azide

Cadmium azide is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula. It is composed of the cadmium cation and the azide anions.

Properties

Cadmium azide is colorless and crystalline powder. It is highly sensitive to pressure, and is explosive akin to most other azides. It has a high temperature resistance, and also possesses good detonation ability. Because of this, cadmium azide is expected to be applicable within microinitiating systems.