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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Several novel transition metal nitrides and oxynitrides were synthesized via ammonolysis of solid state oxide precursors at temperatures ranging from 700°C-900°C and reaction times ranging from 12 hours to 4 days. The products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and their structures were determined by powder X-ray Rietveld refinement. The relationships between the structures of these nitrides and oxynitrides, and their similarity to the structures of the transition metal dichalcogenides, is discussed.