Americium nitride
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Americium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of americium and nitride with the chemical formula {{chem2|AmN}}.{{cite journal |last1=Itoh |first1=Akinori |last2=Akabori |first2=Mitsuo |last3=Takano |first3=Masahide |last4=Itonaga |first4=Torn Ogawa Masami Numata Fumio |title=Fabrication of Amerieium-based Nitrides by Carbothermic Reduction Method |journal=Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology |date=November 2002 |volume=39 |issue=sup3 |pages=737–740 |doi=10.1080/00223131.2002.10875572 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223131.2002.10875572 |access-date=5 February 2024 |language=en |issn=0022-3131|url-access=subscription }}
Preparation
Americium can be obtained from the reaction of metallic americium with nitrogen or ammonia at 750–800°C:{{cite book |title=Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Vol-1 |publisher=Krishna Prakashan Media |isbn=978-81-87224-03-7 |page=357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0uwDTrxyaB8C&dq=americium+nitride+AmN&pg=PA357 |access-date=5 February 2024 |language=en}}
::{{chem2|2Am + N2 -> 2AmN}}
It can also be obtained from the reaction of americium trihydride ({{chem2|AmH3}}) with nitrogen at 750 °C:{{cite book |last1=Morss |first1=L. R. |last2=Edelstein |first2=Norman M. |last3=Fuger |first3=Jean |title=The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements (3rd ed., Volumes 1-5) |date=31 December 2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4020-3598-2 |page=1317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyHyM0ObXrAC&dq=americium+nitride+AmN&pg=PA1317 |access-date=5 February 2024 |language=en}}
::{{chem2|AmH3 + N2 -> AmN + NH3}}
Chemical properties
Americium nitride reacts with cadmium chloride to form americium trichloride:{{cite journal |last1=Hayashi |first1=Hirokazu |last2=Takano |first2=Masahide |last3=Akabori |first3=Mitsuo |last4=Minato |first4=Kazuo |title=Synthesis of americium trichloride by the reaction of americium nitride with cadmium chloride |journal=Journal of Alloys and Compounds |date=29 May 2008 |volume=456 |issue=1 |pages=243–246 |doi=10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.02.011 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925838807003817 |access-date=5 February 2024 |issn=0925-8388|url-access=subscription }}
:{{chem2|2 AmN + 3 CdCl2 -> 2 AmCl3 + Cd3N2}}
References
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