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Strontium nitride, Sr3N2, is produced by burning
strontium Strontium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, it is a soft silver-white yellowish metallic element that is highly chemically reactive. The metal forms a dark oxide layer when it is exposed to ...
metal in air (resulting in a mixture with
strontium oxide Strontium oxide or strontia, SrO, is formed when strontium reacts with oxygen. Burning strontium in air results in a mixture of strontium oxide and strontium nitride. It also forms from the decomposition of strontium carbonate SrCO3. It is a st ...
) or in
nitrogen Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a Nonmetal (chemistry), nonmetal and the lightest member of pnictogen, group 15 of the periodic table, often called the Pnictogen, pnictogens. ...
. Like other metal
nitride In chemistry, a nitride is a chemical compound of nitrogen. Nitrides can be inorganic or organic, ionic or covalent. The nitride anion, N3−, is very elusive but compounds of nitride are numerous, although rarely naturally occurring. Some nitr ...
s, it reacts with water to give
strontium hydroxide Strontium hydroxide, Sr(OH)2, is a caustic alkali composed of one strontium ion and two hydroxide ions. It is synthesized by combining a strontium Salt (chemistry), salt with a strong base. Sr(OH)2 exists in anhydrous, hydrate, monohydrate, or oct ...
and ammonia: :Sr3N2 + 6 H2O → 3 Sr(OH)2 + 2 NH3


See also

* Beryllium nitride * Magnesium nitride * Calcium nitride * Barium nitride


References

Nitrides Strontium compounds {{Inorganic-compound-stub