HgOsN3 is an experimental ceramic compound containing mercury, osmium, and nitrogen—a rare ternary nitride system that exists primarily in research literature rather than established commercial production. This material belongs to the family of transition metal nitrides, which are investigated for potential applications requiring extreme hardness, chemical inertness, or specialized electronic properties. The compound's practical significance remains limited due to mercury's toxicity concerns, processing difficulties, and the scarcity/cost of osmium; it is primarily of interest to materials researchers exploring novel ceramic chemistries and phase diagrams rather than to production engineers.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 0.000 | eV | — | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.2658 | μB | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formation Energy(ΔHf) | 1.460 | eV/atom | — |