Zinc nitride 5079513 220584095 2008-06-20T15:48:50Z OKBot 4559949 robot Modifying: [[ar:نتريد خارصين]] {{Chembox new | Name = Zinc nitride | OtherNames = | Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo = 1313-49-1 }} | Section2 = {{Chembox Properties | 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) | MeltingPt = | BoilingPt = }} | Section3 = {{Chembox Structure | CrystalStruct = cubic<ref name="sangeeta"/><ref name="partin"/> }} | Section7 = {{Chembox Hazards | EUClass = not listed | NFPA-H = 1 | NFPA-R = 1 | NFPA-F = 0 }} }} '''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]] {{inorganic-compound-stub}} [[ar:نتريد خارصين]]