Curium nitride
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Curium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of curium and nitrogen with the chemical formula {{chem2|CmN}}.{{cite journal |last1=Takano |first1=Masahide |last2=Hayashi |first2=Hirokazu |last3=Minato |first3=Kazuo |title=Thermal expansion and self-irradiation damage in curium nitride lattice |journal=Journal of Nuclear Materials |date=1 May 2014 |volume=448 |issue=1 |pages=66–71 |doi=10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.01.042 |bibcode=2014JNuM..448...66T |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022311514000543 |access-date=7 February 2024 |issn=0022-3115|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Devi |first1=Hansa |last2=Pagare |first2=Gitanjali |last3=Chouhan |first3=Sunil Singh |last4=Sanyal |first4=Sankar P. |title=Structural, electronic, elastic and thermal properties for curium monopnictides: A first-principles study |journal=Computational Materials Science |date=1 June 2013 |volume=74 |pages=148–159 |doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2013.03.027 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927025613001389 |access-date=7 February 2024 |issn=0927-0256|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Tripathy |first1=Chinmayee |last2=Singh |first2=Devraj |last3=Paikaray |first3=Rita |title=Behaviour of elastic and ultrasonic properties of curium monopnictides |journal=Canadian Journal of Physics |date=May 2018 |volume=96 |issue=5 |pages=513–518 |doi=10.1139/cjp-2017-0491 |bibcode=2018CaJPh..96..513T |url=https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjp-2017-0491 |access-date=7 February 2024 |language=en |issn=0008-4204|url-access=subscription }}
Synthesis
Curium nitride can be prepared by carbothermic nitridation of the oxide.{{cite web |title=Thermal expansion and self-irradiation damage in curium nitride lattice |url=https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/search/servlet/search?5042127 |publisher=jopss.jaea.go.jp |access-date=7 February 2024 |language=ja}}
Physical properties
Curium nitride is solid and has a NaCl structure.{{cite book |last1=Macintyre |first1=Jane E. |title=Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds |date=23 July 1992 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-412-30120-9 |page=3046 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eJvoNCSCRMC&dq=curium+nitride+CmN&pg=PA3046 |access-date=7 February 2024 |language=en}} It is ferromagnetic.{{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 (Set Vol.1-6): Volumes 1-6 |date=21 October 2010 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-007-0211-0 |page=1421 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vPuV3A0UGUC&dq=curium+nitride+CmN&pg=PA1421 |access-date=7 February 2024 |language=en}}
References
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