Nomenclature
CAS number: 1304-54-7
Be
3N
2; mol wt 55.05.
Be 49.11%, N 50.89%.
Description and references
Prepn: Ehrlich in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol.
1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963)
p 898; Langsdorf, Jr., US 2567518 (1951 to USAEC).
Properties
White crystals to grayish white powder; mp 2200 ±40°. Volatile
at bp, on further heating it dissociates into Be and N2. Oxidized in air at 600°. Dec slowly by water, quickly by acids
and alkalies with the evolution of ammonia.