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Thulium nitride

Thulium nitride

Chemical compound


Thulium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of thulium and nitrogen with the chemical formula TmN. It can be prepared by reacting thulium amalgam with nitrogen at high temperature.[1]

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Physical properties

Thulium nitride crystallises cubic system with Fm3m space group. It has a sodium chloride structure.[2][3]

Chemical properties

It reacts with Tm2In at 1220 K to form (Tm3N)In.[4]


References

  1. B. Magyar. Preparation of rare earth nitrides from amalgams. Inorganic Chemistry. 1968 7 (7), 1457-1458 doi:10.1021/ic50065a041
  2. Panwar, Yeshvir Singh; Aynyas, Mahendra; Tejraj, M. K.; Sanyal, S. P. (2014). "Pressure Induced Structural and Electronic Properties of Thulium Nitride". Advanced Materials Research. 1047: 147–150. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1047.147. ISSN 1662-8985. S2CID 137447411.
  3. Martin Kirchner, Walter Schnelle, Frank R. Wagner, Rainer Niewa. Preparation, crystal structure and physical properties of ternary compounds (R3N)In, R=rare-earth metal. Solid State Sciences, 2003. 1247-1257. doi:10.1016/S1293-2558(03)00151-1

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