Some Miscellaneous Effects on Thermal Decomposition

Finally, we consider some effects which are associated with slow thermal decomposition of azides but which do not readily fit into the schemes already outlined. 

The most detailed consideration of the phenomenon is given by Torkar and Spath [121], who attribute the comparatively low intensity of radiation accompanying the decomposition of the alkaline-earth azides to the formation of nitride species. The reaction scheme involves bimolecular decomposition of N radicals at the reaction interface  

The authors point out that the mechanism explains the formation of nitride in the proportion found and that radiative deactivation of N becomes very small 

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