Cadmium Azide, Cd(N₃)₂

Cadmium Azide, Cd(N₃)₂, was obtained by Curtius and Rissom by dissolving cadmium carbonate in azoimide and evaporating in a desiccator. It crystallises in yellow tabular biaxial crystals. It does not explode under the hammer, but decomposes with a brilliant light when heated, though without any noteworthy detonation.

The decomposition of 1 grm. is accompanied by the evolution of 0.558 Cal.