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Selenium compounds: tetraselenium tetranitride

The selenium in tetraselenium tetranitride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Tetraselenium tetranitride

Formula as often written: Se₄N₄
Hill system formula: N₄Se₄
CAS registry number: [12033-88-4]
Formula weight: 371.867
Class: nitride

Synonyms

tetraselenium tetranitride
selenium(III) nitride
selenium nitride

Physical properties

Colour: red
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: (explodes on warming)
Boiling point:
Density: 4200 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tetraselenium tetranitride
Element	%
N	15.07
Se	84.93

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Se₄N₄ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Se₄N₄

mass  %
358   0.0 
359   0.0 
360   0.2 
361   0.0 
362   1.0 
363   0.2 
364   4.1 __
365   0.6 
366  12.8 ______
367   1.7 _
368  31.6 ________________
369   3.3 __
370  61.1 _______________________________
371   4.7 __
372  91.0 ______________________________________________
373   4.7 __
374 100.0 __________________________________________________
375   2.8 _
376  76.5 ______________________________________
377   1.4 _
378  33.0 ________________
379   0.5 
380   7.6 ____
381   0.1 
382   0.9 
383   0.0 
384   0.0

References

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

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A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
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