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    South African Journal of Chemistry

    On-line version ISSN 1996-840X
    Print version ISSN 0379-4350

    S.Afr.j.chem. (Online) vol.64  Durban  2011

     

    RESEARCH ARTICLE

     

    A low temperature synthetic route to nanocrystalline TiN

     

     

    Pei-jun CaiI, *; Gong-zhen LiII; Chong ShiI; Jun-hao HuoI; Li-hua LiuI

    ISchool of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, P.R. China
    IISchool of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, P.R. China

     

     


    ABSTRACT

    A simple chemical synthetic route has been developed to prepare nanocrystalline titanium nitride (TiN) in an autoclave, by the reaction of metallic Ti with NaNH2 at low temperature of 500-600 °C. The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectra. The possible reaction mechanism of this process is also discussed. This method may be extended to the synthesis of other metal nitrides.

    Keywords: Nanocrystalline, titanium nitride, synthesis


     

     

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    Acknowledgements

    This work is performed under the auspices of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2010QNB09), PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (20090095120011), the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China (20090451256), and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education of China.

     

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    Received 1 October 2010
    Revised 28 March
    Accepted 9 May 2011

     

     

    * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: peijuncai@hotmail.com