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Uranium compounds: diuranium trinitride

The uranium in diuranium trinitride formally is in the oxidation state .

Diuranium trinitride

Formula as often written: U₂N₃
Hill system formula: N₃U₂
CAS registry number: [12033-83-9]
Formula weight: 518.078
Class: nitride

Synonyms

diuranium trinitride
uranium nitride

Physical properties

Colour: dark grey
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 900°C (decomposes to UN.)
Boiling point:
Density: 11300 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in diuranium trinitride
Element	%
N	8.11
U	91.89

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of uranium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of diuranium trinitride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the U₂N₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: U₂N₃

mass  %
512   0.0 
513   0.0 
514   0.0 
515   1.4 _
516   0.0 
517   0.0 
518 100.0 __________________________________________________
519   1.1 _
520   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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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
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A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
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