ZINC NITRIDE Property

Density 

6.22

solubility 

insoluble in H2O

form 

Powder

color 

blue-gray cubic crystals, crystalline

Specific Gravity

6.22

Water Solubility 

Insoluble in water. Soluble in hydrochloric acid.

CAS DataBase Reference

1313-49-1

EPA Substance Registry System

Zinc nitride (Zn3N2) (1313-49-1)

Safety

TSCA 

Yes

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H315Causes skin irritation

H319Causes serious eye irritation

Precautionary statements

P264Wash hands thoroughly after handling.

P264Wash skin thouroughly after handling.

P305+P351+P338IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continuerinsing.

P321Specific treatment (see … on this label).

P332+P313IF SKIN irritation occurs: Get medical advice/attention.

P337+P313IF eye irritation persists: Get medical advice/attention.

ZINC NITRIDE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

-200 mesh with 99.9% purity; bluish gray, crystal(s) material; a=0.972 nm [CER91] [MER06] [CIC73]

Uses

Zinc nitride (Zn3N2) is a scarcely known II-V compound that crystallizes in the anti-bixbyite structure with a body centered cubic lattice.It presents n-type conductivity due to the substitutional incorporation of oxygen atoms in nitrogen sites. Carrier concentrations in the 1018-1019 cm-3 range have been measured by Hall effect in undoped samples grown by magnetron sputtering and molecular beam epitaxy.2,3 Thin films deposited by radio frequency sputtering present good electrical properties such as high mobility and conductivities in the 10-2-10-3 Ω cm range.
Zinc nitride is a promising candidate for optoelectronics applications due to its high electron mobility and high electrical conductivity. It is also thought that Zn3N2 can be used as a starting material to achieve p-type conductivity in ZnO-based oxide homojunctions.

Uses

Zinc nitride is useful in optical and electronic devices. It is doped with oxygen to prepare a potential nitride-based transparent conductor, which is used in semiconductors.

Preparation

Zinc nitride, Zn3N2, prepared from zinc dust and NH3, hydrolyzes readily to NH3 and the oxide.