- In chemistry, a
nitride is a
chemical compound of nitrogen.
Nitrides can be
inorganic or organic,
ionic or covalent. The
nitride anion, N3− ion, is very...
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Boron nitride is a
thermally and
chemically resistant refractory compound of
boron and
nitrogen with the
chemical formula BN. It
exists in
various crystalline...
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Silicon nitride is a
chemical compound of the
elements silicon and nitrogen. Si 3N 4 (Trisilicon tetranitride) is the most
thermodynamically stable and...
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Gallium nitride (GaN) is a
binary III/V
direct bandgap semiconductor commonly used in blue light-emitting
diodes since the 1990s. The
compound is a very...
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Nitriding is a heat
treating process that
diffuses nitrogen into the
surface of a
metal to
create a case-hardened surface.
These processes are most commonly...
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Titanium nitride (TiN;
sometimes known as tinite) is an
extremely hard
ceramic material,
often used as a
physical vapor deposition (PVD)
coating on titanium...
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Aluminium nitride (AlN) is a
solid nitride of aluminium. It has a high
thermal conductivity of up to 321 W/(m·K) and is an
electrical insulator. Its wurtzite...
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Magnesium nitride,
which possesses the
chemical formula Mg3N2, is an
inorganic compound of
magnesium and nitrogen. At room
temperature and
pressure it...
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electrochemical synthesis of
ammonia involves the
reductive formation of
lithium nitride,
which can be
protonated to ammonia,
given a
proton source. The
first use...
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Sodium nitride is the
inorganic compound with the
chemical formula Na3N. In
contrast to
lithium nitride and some
other nitrides,
sodium nitride is an extremely...
