Boron nitride

• Formula: BN
• Molecular weight: 24.818
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/BN/c1-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PZNSFCLAULLKQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 10043-11-5
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Constants of diatomic molecules
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Solid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

IR Spectrum

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Condensed Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through June, 1976

Notes

References

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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Asmis, Taylor, et al., 1998
Asmis, K.R.; Taylor, T.R.; Neumark, D.M., Anion photoelectron spectroscopy of BN-, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1998, 295, 1-2, 75-81, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00943-9 . [all data]

Reid, 1993
Reid, C.J., Electron Affinities of BH, B2, BC, and BN molecules determined using Charge Inversion Spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1993, 127, 147, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(93)87087-9 . [all data]

Douglas and Herzberg, 1940
Douglas, A.E.; Herzberg, G., Band spectrum of the BN molecule, Can. J. Res. Sect. A, 1940, 18, 179. [all data]

Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1959
Nicholls, R.W.; Fraser, P.A.; Jarmain, W.R., Transition probability parameters of molecular spectra arising from combustion processes, Combust. Flame, 1959, 3, 13. [all data]

Thrush, 1960
Thrush, B.A., Absorption spectra of diatomic radicals containing boron or silicon, Nature (London), 1960, 186, 1044. [all data]

Mosher and Frosch, 1970
Mosher, O.A.; Frosch, R.P., Experimental identification of the ground state of BN in a rare-gas matrix, J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 5781. [all data]

Verhaegen, Richards, et al., 1967
Verhaegen, G.; Richards, W.G.; Moser, C.M., Low-lying valence levels of BN and C₂. The ground state of BN, J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 46, 160. [all data]

Melrose and Russell, 1971
Melrose, M.P.; Russell, D., Variational calculations on BN, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 55, 470. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°solid	Entropy of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions

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