Cerium nitride
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| OtherNames = cerium mononitride, azanylidynecerium
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| CASNo = 25764-08-3
| PubChem = 117625
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| SMILES = N#[Ce]
| StdInChI = 1S/Ce.N
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| Ce=1|N=1
| Appearance = Brown powder
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Cerium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of cerium and nitrogen with the chemical formula {{chem2|CeN}}.{{cite web |title=Cerium Nitride |url=https://www.americanelements.com/cerium-nitride-25764-08-3 |publisher=American Elements |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Dronskowski |first1=Richard |title=Computational Chemistry of Solid State Materials: A Guide for Materials Scientists, Chemists, Physicists and others |date=8 January 2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-3-527-61229-1 |page=180 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NEEX9JLtdVkC&dq=Cerium+nitride+CeN&pg=PA180 |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en}}
Synthesis
CeN can be obtained by direct chemistry of cerium with nitrogen at 850–900 °C.{{cite web |title=Cerium Nitride Powder, CeN, CAS 25764-08-3 - Heeger Materials |url=https://heegermaterials.com/nitride-powder/1684-cerium-nitride-powder-cen-cas-25764-08-3.html#:~:text=Cerium%20Nitride%20(CeN)%20Powder%20is%20a%20brown%20powder%20with%20a,at%20850%2D900%C2%B0C. |publisher=Heeger Materials Inc |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en-us}}{{cite book |title=Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports |date=1964 |publisher=NASA, Office of Scientific and Technical Information |page=120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQ8B4IGr6bsC&dq=Cerium+nitride+CeN&pg=PA125 |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en}}
::{{chem2|2Ce + N2 -> 2CeN}}
Physical properties
Uses
CeN can be used to simulate the properties of uranium mononitride (UN).{{cite journal |last1=Wan |first1=Yue |last2=Yi |first2=Taimin |last3=Fu |first3=Yajun |last4=Zheng |first4=Fengcheng |last5=Yang |first5=Mengsheng |last6=He |first6=Zhibing |last7=Cao |first7=Linhong |title=Structure and oxidation properties of CeN thin films prepared by DC reactive magnetron sputtering |journal=Surface and Coatings Technology |date=15 January 2020 |volume=381 |pages=125168 |doi=10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.125168 |s2cid=210252046 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0257897219311582 |access-date=2 February 2024 |issn=0257-8972|url-access=subscription }}
References
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