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Amorphous “Ti3N4” and Formation of Nanocrystalline TiN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Andrew L. Hector
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Andrew W. Jackson
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Paul F. McMillan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
Olga Shebanova
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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Abstract

The existence of Ti3N4 was proposed as the first product of the thermal decomposition of precipitates obtained in ammonolysis reactions of titanium(IV) dialkylamides. The evidence is re-evaluated and further evidence is presented to demonstrate that these materials are probably TiN contaminated with carbon. However, this precursor system is demonstrated to be a good route to finely divided, nanocrystalline TiN powders.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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