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nitride
  • Introduction
  • Preparation of nitrides
  • Ionic nitrides
  • Interstitial nitrides
  • Covalent nitrides
    • Boron nitride
    • Cyanogen
    • Sulfur nitrides
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Comparison of the hexagonal structures of graphite (left) and boron nitride, BN (right). The structure of tetrasulfur tetranitride, S4N4. Distances are given in picometres (pm).
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nitride: References & Edit History

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  • Steven S. Zumdahl

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  • Kara Rogers
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Article History

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Article revised and updated.
  • Kara Rogers
Aug 15, 2008
Article added to new online database.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 20, 1998
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