Rubidium azide

 ( Azides ) 

In at least one study, rubidium azide was produced by the reaction between butyl nitrite, hydrazine hydrate, and rubidium hydroxide in the presence of ethanol:

This formula is typically used to synthesize potassium azide from caustic potash.

Among the different techniques used to fill microfabricated alkali vapor cell , UV decomposition of rubidium azide () into metallic Rb and nitrogen in coated cells is a very promising approach for low-cost wafer-level fabrication.

Rubidium azide has a high pressure structure transition, which occurs at about 4.8 kilobars of pressure at 0 °C. The transition boundary of the II/III transition can be defined by the relationship $P\; =\; 4.82\; +\; 0.0240\backslash ,t$, where $P$ is the pressure in kilobars and $t$ is the temperature in degrees Celsius.

Discharge rubidium azide in nitrogen gas will produce rubidium nitride.H. Wattenberg: "Über zwei Bildungsweisen von Natriumnitrid und Kaliumnitrid" in Ber. d. dt. chem. Ges. 1930, 63(7), S. 1667-1672.