Arsenide nitride

Cubic Mg₃AsN, orthorhombic Ca₃AsN Sr₃AsN and Ba₃AsN showing increased distortion as alkaline earth metal increases in size.

Arsenide nitrides or nitride arsenides are compounds containing anions composed of nitride (N³⁻) and arsenide (As³⁻). They can be considered as mixed anion compounds or mixed pnictide compounds. Related compounds include the arsenide phosphides, germanide arsenides, arsenide carbides, and phosphide nitrides.

Arsenide and nitride are quite different in size, so alloys are challenging to produce.^[1] They can be produced by heating an arsenide compound with a nitride, under pressure so that nitrogen does not escape.

^ Toivonen, J.; Oila, J.; Saarinen, K.; Hakkarainen, T.; Sopanen, M.; Lipsanen, H. (2002). "Vacancy-type defects in GaAsN grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy". Conference Proceedings. 14th Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Conference (Cat. No.02CH37307). Stockholm, Sweden: IEEE. pp. 245–248. doi:10.1109/ICIPRM.2002.1014345. ISBN 978-0-7803-7320-4. S2CID 122733148.

[1] Toivonen, J.; Oila, J.; Saarinen, K.; Hakkarainen, T.; Sopanen, M.; Lipsanen, H. (2002). "Vacancy-type defects in GaAsN grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy". Conference Proceedings. 14th Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Conference (Cat. No.02CH37307). Stockholm, Sweden: IEEE. pp. 245–248. doi:10.1109/ICIPRM.2002.1014345. ISBN 978-0-7803-7320-4. S2CID 122733148.

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