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Production of aluminum nitride from aluminum metal using molten fluoride

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2015

Osamu Takeda ,
Konosuke Takagi ,
Takeshi Handa ,
Kiwamu Katagiri ,
Hongmin Zhu  and
Yuzuru Sato
Osamu Takeda*
Affiliation:
Department Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Konosuke Takagi
Affiliation:
Department Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Takeshi Handa
Affiliation:
Department Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Kiwamu Katagiri
Affiliation:
Department Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Hongmin Zhu
Affiliation:
Department Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Yuzuru Sato
Affiliation:
Department Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: takeda@material.tohoku.ac.jp
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Abstract

The production of aluminum nitride (AlN) from aluminum metal was investigated in this study. The nitridation of Al (in rod, powder, and thin-plate forms) was facilitated by dissolving the Al2O3 thin films formed on the Al samples with a molten fluoride mixture (KF–45 mol% AlF3, KF, or LiF–50 mol% KF). AlN was formed when NH3 gas was supplied to the Al sample (in both solid and liquid forms) wetted by molten fluoride mixture. The lowest temperature at which AlN was successfully produced was 773 K. No AlN was formed when N2 or H2–25% N2 gas was supplied to the Al sample, even when a molten fluoride mixture was used. The reaction rate for the nitridation of Al powder increased with the temperature and reached 99% after 3 h at 1173 K. AlN thin films of 2–5 μm thickness were formed on Al thin plates (0.075–1.0 mm thick) at 873 K.

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Alnitridechemical reaction
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , 14 March 2015 , pp. 635 - 644
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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