Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1997, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (10): 1675.

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Studies on the Thermal Change and Intermediate Involved in the Synthesis of γ-Mo2N

YANG Shu-Wu: XU Jiang, YAN Wei-Hong, YING Pin-Liang, GAO Xiu-Ying, QI Xing-Yi, XIN Qin   

  1. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023
  • Received:1996-10-09 Online:1997-10-24 Published:1997-10-24

Abstract: The thermal change in the synthesis of γ-Mo2Nby temperature-programmedreaction of MoO3 with ammonia has been studied by differential thermal analysis (DTA)technique, IR, BETand XRDmeasurements. The DTA results show that both exothermic andendothermic peaks appear in the process. With the increase of temperature-elevation rate,the areas of the exothermic peaks increase, and the areas of the endothermic peaks decrease.XRDand IRresults show that the exothermic peaks are attributed to the reduction of MoO3to MoO2 and the endothermic peaks can be assigned to the nitridation of MoO2 to γ-Mo2N.The nitriding product is γ-Mo2Nat the lower rates of increasing temperature (≤3 K/min),whereas the products are γ-Mo2Nand MoO2 at the higher heating rates(≥5 K/min). Andthe higher the rate, the more MoO2 was formed in the final product. It is suggested that NH3first interacts with MoO3 and reduces the MoO3 into MoO2, and then the MoO2 is nitridedin to γ-Mo2N.

Key words: γ-Mo2N synthesis, DTA technique, Intermediate

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