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Synthesis and characterization of inorganic pigments based on transition metal oxynitrides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

R. Pastrana-Fábregas ,
J. Isasi-Marín  and
R. Sáez-Puche
R. Pastrana-Fábregas
Affiliation:
Departamento Química Inorgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
J. Isasi-Marín
Affiliation:
Departamento Química Inorgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
R. Sáez-Puche*
Affiliation:
Departamento Química Inorgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: rsp92@quim.ucm.es
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Abstract

Tantalum zirconium oxynitrides in the Ta–Zr–O–N system of Ta(3−x)Zrx(O/N)6 and Ta(3−x)ZrxN(5−x)Ox (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6) compositions have been synthesized by the nitridation of the amorphous tantalum zirconium oxides, obtained by sol-gel technique, with flowing ammonia at temperatures in the range 1023–1123 K for several hours. Different coloration has been obtained, going from yellow to red, whose intensity is a function of the nitrogen content in each sample. The structure of these oxynitrides has been refined from powder x-ray diffraction by the Rietveld method. The present study shows that the baddeleyite phase is formed in the preliminary stages of the nitridation and then transformed to the Ta3N5-type phase. Below 1123 K, a baddeleyite-type structure with a monoclinic symmetry, space group P21/c, is observed in these phases. When the nitration temperature increases, a marked increase in the nitrogen content takes place, and these materials adopt the Ta3N5 structure, space group C2/m. Diffuse reflectance spectra and CIE-LAB color coordinates suggest that the solid solutions Ta(3−x)Zrx(O/N)6 and Ta(3−x)ZrxN(5−x)Ox (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6) are expected to be promising candidates for new ecological pigments.

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Optical propertiesSol-gelTa
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , pp. 2255 - 2260
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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