Synthesis inorganic nitrides

PLASMA-CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF NITRIDES AND CARBIDES OF INORGANIC MATERIALS... 

Plasma-Chemical Synthesis of Nitrides and Carbides of Inorganic Materials... 

Industrial use of HCl gas for the manufacture of inorganic chemicals includes the preparation of anhydrous NH4CI by direct reaction with NH3 and the synthesis of anhydrous metal chlorides by reaction with appropriate carbides, nitrides, oxides or even the free metals themselves, e,g, ... 

The discovery in 1973 that polysulfur nitride (SN)X, a polymer comprised only of non-metallic elements, behaves as a superconductor at 0.26 K sparked widespread interest in sulfur-nitrogen (S-N) chemistry. In the past 30 years, the field of inorganic S-N chemistry has reached maturity and interfaces with other areas of chemistry, e.g., theoretical chemistry, materials chemistry, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry and biochemistry, have been established and are under active development. This interest has been extended to Se-N and, to a lesser extent, Te-N systems. 

A common precursor to LnN are the simple inorganic amides Ln(NH2)x (x = 2, 3) which can be placed between the nitrides and the alkyl substituted amides. Their main use lies in the synthesis of other solid materials like lanthanide hydroxides [21,33], carbides [34] or above-mentioned nitrides. Very recently solutions of europium and ytterbium in liquid ammonia have been rediscovered as synthetic tools (Sect. 7.1). 

In the last few years we began our efforts to develop new inorganic solid materials with the synthesis and structure determination of the phosphorus nitrides [2]. Based on the synthesis of pure, defined, and crystalline P3N5 [3] we started a systematic preparative and structural investigation of ternary and multinary phosphorus nitrides. 

Scientific basis of SHS (CS) with the use of inorganic azides and halides has been described in Chapter 8. Such SHS (CS) systems contain nitrogen in two forms - sodium azide and ammonium halides. The presence of the active nitrogen and fuel elements without oxide layer is a supposition for the positive result of nitride synthesis by azide technology. 

In die sections that follow, we briefly discuss the synthesis of inorganic solids by various methods with several examples, paying attention to the chemical routes. While oxide materials occupy a great part of the monograph, other classes of materials such as chalcogenides, carbides, fluorides and nitrides are also discussed. Superconducting oxides, intermetallics, porous materials and intergrowlh structures have been discussed in separate sections. We have added a new section on nanomaterials. 

In this book, we briefly examine the different types of reactions and methods employed in the synthesis of inorganic solid materials. Besides the traditional ceramic procedures, we discuss precursor methods, combustion method, topochemical reactions, intercalation reactions, ion-exchange reactions, alkali-flux method, sol-gel method, mechanochemical synthesis, microwave synthesis, electrochemical methods, pyrosol process, arc and skull methods and high-pressure methods. Hydrothermal and solvothermal syntheses are discussed separately and also in sections dealing with specific materials. Superconducting cuprates and intergrowth structures are discussed in separate sections. Synthesis of nanomaterials is dealt with in some detail. Synthetic methods for metal borides, carbides, nitrides, fluorides, sili-cides, phosphides and chalcogenides are also outlined. 

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