Yttrium nitride

Yttrium nitride

Identifiers
CAS Number	25764-13-0 Y
Properties
Chemical formula	YN
Molar mass	102.913 g/mol
Appearance	black crystalline
Density	5.60 g/cm3
Solubility in water	soluble
Structure
Crystal structure	cubic, cF8
Space group	Fm3m, No. 225
Vapor pressure	{{{value}}}
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, YN, is a nitride of yttrium.

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

Noboru Takeuchi