“…The binary azides of alkali metals such as LiN 3 , NaN 3 , KN 3 , RbN 3 and CsN 3 , [5–6] like the heavy alkaline‐earth metal azides A e (N 3 ) 2 ( A e =Ca, Sr, Ba), [7–9] contain linear and (nearly) symmetrical azide species. In these phases, the coordination numbers of cations by azide range from six (LiN 3 ) [6] to eight (KN 3 , [10] Sr(N 3 ) 2 ) [11,12] and nine (Ba(N 3 ) 2 ) [11,13,14] …”