Magnesium nitride

When measuring the boiling point of magnesium, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville and Henri Caron identified that molten magnesium they distilled covered itself by "small colorless and transparent needles which are destroyed fairly quickly by transforming into ammonia and magnesia".In their 1857 publication the chemists interpreted it as a likely nitride similar to those discovered by Friedrich Wöhler and Heinrich Rose.[2] It was indeed confirmed in 1862 when Friedrich Briegleb and Johann Georg Anton Geuther synthesized the compound on purpose and first studied it.At high pressures, the stability and formation of new nitrogen-rich nitrides (N/Mg ratio equal or greater to one) were suggested and later discovered.Out of desperation and curiosity (he called it the "make the maximum number of mistakes" approach[9]), he added some magnesium wire to the hexagonal boron nitride and gave it the same pressure and heat treatment.
Magnesium nitride
Magnesium nitride
structure of magnesium nitride
structure of magnesium nitride
IUPAC nameCAS NumberECHA InfoCardEC NumberPubChemCompTox DashboardSMILESChemical formulaMolar massDensityMelting pointGHS labellingPictogramsHazard statementsPrecautionary statementsSafety data sheetcationsBeryllium nitrideCalcium nitrideAluminium nitridestandard stateinorganic compoundmagnesiumnitrogenHenri Étienne Sainte-Claire DevilleFriedrich WöhlerHeinrich RoseJohann Georg Anton Geuthermagnesium hydroxideammonianitridesmagnesium oxideWilliam Ramsaycopperoxygencatalystborazonboron nitrideRobert H. Wentorf, Jr.diamondboron carbideBibcodeR. H. Wentorf, Jr.Magnesium compoundsMgC2O4MgC6H6O7C12H10Mg3O14C4H8MgN2O4MgC14H10O4Mg(ClO3)2Mg(ClO4)2Mg(HCO3)2Mg(HCO2)2MgHPO4Mg(H2PO4)2Mg(NO3)2Mg(OH)2Mg3(PO4)2MgU2O7Mg2Al3Mg5Ga2Mg2SiO4Mg2Si3O8Mg2(CrO4)2C24H46MgO4nitrideHN2−H2N−Be(N3)2β-C3N4g-C3N4Mg(N3)2Ca(N3)2Sr(N3)2β-Mo2NBa(N3)2HfNHf3N4