Zinc nitride
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| Name = Zinc nitride
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| CASNo = 1313-49-1
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| Formula = Zn<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub>
| MolarMass = 244.15 g/mol<ref name="sangeeta"/>
| Appearance = gray powder<ref name="sangeeta"/>
| Density = 6.22 g/cm³, solid<ref name="sangeeta"/>
| Solubility = insoluble (decomposes)
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| CrystalStruct = cubic<ref name="sangeeta"/><ref name="partin"/>
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'''Zinc nitride''' ([[Zinc|Zn<sub>3</sub>]][[Nitrogen|N<sub>2</sub>]]) is an [[inorganic compound]] of [[zinc]] and [[nitrogen]]. In pure form, it is cubic in structure.<ref name="sangeeta">
{{cite book
| last = Sangeeta
| first = D.
| title = Inorganic Materials Chemistry Desk Reference
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=bdGXyilNsGMC&pg=PA278&dq=%22Zinc+nitride%22&sig=JNuVLjRcGP7w-AkBcpFn4_D8w94
| accessdate = 2007-09-30
| year = 1997
| publisher = [[CRC Press]]
| location =
| isbn = 978-0-8493-8900-3
| pages = 278}}</ref><ref name="partin">
{{cite journal
| author = Partin, D.E., D.J. Williams, and M. O'Keeffe
| year = 1997
| title = The Crystal Structures of Mg<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub>and Zn<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub>
| journal = Journal of Solid State Chemistry
| volume = 132
| issue = 1
| pages = 56–59
| doi = 10.1006/jssc.1997.7407
| url = http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00224596/1997/00000132/00000001/art97407
| accessdate = 2007-05-03}}</ref>
==Chemical properties==
Zinc nitride can be obtained by [[thermal decomposition|thermally decomposing]] zincamide (zinc [[diamine]])<ref name="roscoe">
{{cite book
| author = [[Henry Enfield Roscoe|Roscoe, Henry Enfield]], and [[Carl Schorlemmer]]
| origyear = 1878
| title = A Treatise on Chemistry: Volume II, The Metals
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=-K0EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA650&dq=%22zinc+nitride%22#PPA650,M1
| accessdate = 2007-11-01
| edition = 4th edition
| year = 1907
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
| location = [[London]]
| pages = 650-51}}</ref>
in an [[anaerobic]] environment, at temperatures in excess of 400 [[Fahrenheit|°F]]. The biproduct of the [[chemical reaction|reaction]] is [[ammonia]].<ref name="bloxam">
{{cite book
| last = Bloxam
| first = Charles Loudon
| title = Chemistry, inorganic and organic
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=f9StqQ8YBtwC&pg=PA380&dq=%22Zinc+nitride%22
| accessdate = 2007-10-31
| edition = 9th edition
| year = 1903
| publisher = P. Blakiston's Son & Co.
| location = [[Philadelphia]]
| pages = 380}}</ref>
<blockquote>3Zn([[amine|NH<sub>2</sub>]])<sub>2</sub> → Zn<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub> + 4[[ammonia|NH<sub>3</sub>]]</blockquote>
It can also be formed by heating zinc to 600 [[Fahrenheit|°F]] in a current of ammonia; the biproduct is [[hydrogen gas]].<ref name="roscoe"/><ref>
{{cite book
| last = Lowry
| first = Martin Thomas
| authorlink = Thomas Martin Lowry
| title = Inorganic Chemistry
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=umQ6AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22zinc+nitride%22&q=%22zinc+nitride%22&pgis=1
| accessdate = 2007-11-01
| year = 1922
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
| location =
| pages = 872}}</ref>
<blockquote>3[[zinc|Zn]] + 2[[ammonia|NH<sub>3</sub>]] → Zn<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub> + 3[[hydrogen|H<sub>2</sub>]]</blockquote>
Zinc nitride reacts violently with [[water (molecule)|water]] to form ammonia and [[zinc oxide]].<ref name="roscoe"/><ref name="bloxam"/>
<blockquote>Zn<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub> + 3[[water (molecule)|H<sub>2</sub>O]] → 3[[zinc oxide|ZnO]] + 2[[ammonia|NH<sub>3</sub>]]</blockquote>
It is [[solubility|soluble]] in [[hydrochloric acid]]<ref>
{{cite book
| author = Comey, Arthur Messinger, Dorothy A. Hahn
| title = A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=7L0MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1124&dq=%22zinc+nitride%22
| accessdate = 2007-11-01
| edition = 2nd edition
| year = 1921
| month = February
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
| location = [[New York City|New York]]
| pages = 1124}}</ref>
and "[[reversible reaction|reversibly]] reacts with [[lithium]] [[electrochemistry|electrochemically]]".<ref>
{{cite book
| author = Amatucci, G.G., and N. Pereira
| editor = Gholam-Abbas Nazri and Gianfranco Pistoia
| title = Lithium Batteries: Science and Technology
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=k4duxuea3eIC&pg=PA256&dq=%22zinc+nitride%22&sig=D4_rcR9SIdgPI7RITGi_--Ern1E
| accessdate = 2007-11-01
| year = 2004
| publisher = [[Kluwer Academic Publishers]]
| location =
| isbn = 978-1-4020-7628-2
| pages = 256
| chapter = Nitride and Silicide Negative Electrodes}}</ref>
Like [[magnesium nitride]] ([[Magnesium|Mg<sub>3</sub>]][[Nitrogen|N<sub>2</sub>]]) and [[lithium nitride]] ([[Lithium|Li<sub>3</sub>]][[Nitrogen|N]]), it has a high [[melting point]].<ref>
{{cite book
| author = Grolier Incorporated
| title = Academic American Encyclopedia
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=YgI4E7w5JI8C&dq=%22zinc+nitride%22&q=%22zinc+nitride%22&pgis=1
| accessdate = 2007-11-01
| year = 1994
| publisher =
| location = [[Danbury, Connecticut]]
| isbn = 0717220532
| pages = 202}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Nitride]]
* [[Zinc nitrate]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite journal
| author = Futsuhara M., Yoshioka K., and Takai O.
| date = [[1998-06-08]]
| title = Structural, electrical and optical properties of zinc nitride thin films prepared by reactive rf magnetron sputtering
| journal = Thin Solid Films
| volume = 322
| issue = 1
| pages = 274–81
| publisher = [[Elsevier]]
| doi = 10.1016/S0040-6090(97)00910-3}}
* {{cite journal
| author = Lyutaya, M.D., and S.A. Bakuta
| year = 1980
| month = February
| title = Synthesis of the nitrides of Group II elements
| journal = Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics
| volume = 19
| issue = 2
| pages = 118–22
| publisher = [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]
| doi = 10.1007/BF00792038}}
* {{cite journal
| author = Zong Fu-Jian ''et al''
| year = 2005
| month = April
| title = Thermal Decomposition Behaviour of Zn<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub> Powder
| journal = Chinese Physics Letters
| volume = 22
| issue = 4
| pages = 907–10
| doi = 10.1088/0256-307X/22/4/036}}
==External links==
*[http://www.gfschemicals.com/Search/MSDS/1526MSDS.PDF Material Safety Data Sheet from GFS Chemicals]
[[Category:Nitrides]]
[[Category:Zinc compounds]]
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