Americium nitride

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Americium nitride
Names
Other names
Americium mononitride, azanylidyneamericium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Am.N
    Key: GWSIEJPULFRSMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Am]#N
Properties
AmN
Molar mass 257 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Americium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of americium and nitride with the chemical formula AmN. [1]

Contents

Preparation

Americium can be obtained from the reaction of metallic americium with nitrogen or ammonia at 750–800°C: [2]

2Am + N2 → 2AmN
2Am + 2NH3 → 2AmN + 3H2 [3]

It can also be obtained from the reaction of americium trihydride (AmH3) with nitrogen at 750 °C: [4]

AmH3 + N2 → AmN + NH3

Chemical properties

Americium nitride reacts with cadmium chloride to form americium trichloride: [5]

2 AmN + 3 CdCl2 → 2 AmCl3 + Cd3N2

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References

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