Samarium(III) nitride
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| OtherNames = samarium mononitride, azanylidynesamarium
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| CASNo = 25764-14-1
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| StdInChI = 1S/N.Sm
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| Density = 8.4 g/cm3
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Samarium(III) nitride is a binary inorganic compound of samarium and nitrogen with the chemical formula {{chem2|SmN}}.{{cite web |title=Samarium Nitride |url=https://www.americanelements.com/samarium-nitride-25764-14-1 |publisher=American Elements |access-date=30 January 2024 |language=en}}
Preparation
Samarium(III) nitrate can be prepared by directly reacting samarium and nitrogen at 800 °C:{{Cite journal |last1=Eick |first1=H. A. |last2=Baenziger |first2=N. C. |last3=Eyring |first3=L. |date=Dec 1956 |title=The Preparation, Crystal Structure and Some Properties of SmN, EuN and YbN 1 |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01604a006 |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |language=en |volume=78 |issue=23 |pages=5987–5989 |doi=10.1021/ja01604a006 |issn=0002-7863|url-access=subscription }}
: {{chem2|2 Sm + N2 -> 2 SmN}}
Properties
Samarium(III) nitride forms cubic crystals, space group Fm{{overline|3}}m, unit cell parameters a = 0.50481 nm, Z = 4, and a structure like sodium chloride.{{Cite book |title=Diagrammy sostojanija dvojnych metalličeskich sistem: spravočnik v trech tomach. 3,1 |date=2001 |publisher=Mašinostroenie |isbn=978-5-217-02843-6 |location=Moskva}}{{Citation |last=Predel |first=B. |title=N-Sm (Nitrogen-Samarium) |work=Li-Mg – Nd-Zr |series=Landolt-Börnstein - Group IV Physical Chemistry |date=1997 |pages=1 |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10522884_2133 |access-date=2024-01-31 |place=Berlin/Heidelberg |publisher=Springer-Verlag |language=en |doi=10.1007/10522884_2133 |isbn=3-540-61433-8|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Iandelli |first=A. |date=Nov 1956 |title=Über einige Verbindungen des Samariums vom NaCl-Typ |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zaac.19562880111 |journal=Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie |language=en |volume=288 |issue=1–2 |pages=81–86 |doi=10.1002/zaac.19562880111 |issn=0044-2313|url-access=subscription }}