Yttrium nitride, YN, is a nitride of yttrium.

Yttrium nitride
Yttrium nitride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 247-248-8
  • InChI=1S/N.Y
    Key: AJXBBNUQVRZRCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Y+3].[N-3]
Properties
YN
Molar mass 102.913 g/mol
Appearance black crystalline
Density 5.60 g/cm3
Melting point ~3033K (2760°C; 5000°F)
soluble
Structure
cubic, cF8
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Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS02: FlammableGHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H228, H314
P210, P240, P241, P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P370+P378, P405, P501
Safety data sheet (SDS) External MSDS
Related compounds
Other anions
Yttrium phosphide
Yttrium(III) arsenide
Yttrium(III) antimonide
Other cations
Scandium nitride
Lutetium nitride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Yttrium nitride is hard ceramic material similar to titanium nitride and zirconium nitride.

The nitrides of lanthanum, scandium, and yttrium show semiconducting properties and additionally the lattice structure of YN differs only by 8% from that of gallium nitride. This makes YN a possible buffer layer between a substrate and the GaN layer during GaN crystal growth.

References

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  • CP Kempter; NH Krikorian; JC McGuire (1957). "The Crystal Structure of Yttrium Nitride". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 61 (9): 1237–1238. doi:10.1021/j150555a023.
  • Mancera, Luis; Rodr guez, Jairo A; Takeuchi, Noboru (2003-05-07). "First principles calculations of the ground state properties and structural phase transformation in YN". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 15 (17): 2625–2633. Bibcode:2003JPCM...15.2625M. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/17/316. ISSN 0953-8984. S2CID 122683613.
  • De La Cruz, W.; Díaz, J.A.; Mancera, L.; Takeuchi, N.; Soto, G. (November 2003). "Yttrium nitride thin films grown by reactive laser ablation". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 64 (11): 2273–2279. Bibcode:2003JPCS...64.2273D. doi:10.1016/S0022-3697(03)00259-2.
  • G. Soto, M.G. Moreno-Armentaa & A. Reyes-Serrato (2008). "First principles study on the formation of yttrium nitride in cubic and hexagonal phases". Computational Materials Science. 42 (1): 8–13. arXiv:cond-mat/0703568. doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2007.06.003. S2CID 97080839.