Erbium nitride

Erbium compounds: erbium nitride

The erbium in erbium nitride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Erbium nitride

• Formula as often written: ErN
• Hill system formula: Er₁N₁
• CAS registry number: [12020-21-2]
• Formula weight: 181.267
• Class: nitride

Synonyms

• erbium nitride
• erbium(III) nitride

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density: 10600 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in erbium nitride

Element	%
Er	92.27
N	7.73

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the ErN unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Er₁N₁

mass  %
176   0.4 
177   0.0 
178   4.8 __
179   0.0 
180 100.0 __________________________________________________
181  68.7 __________________________________
182  80.0 ________________________________________
183   0.3 
184  44.3 ______________________
185   0.2 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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