Neptunium arsenide is a binary inorganic compound of neptunium and arsenic with the chemical formula . The compound forms crystals.
Synthesis Heating stoichiometric amounts of pure substances:
Physical properties Neptunium arsenide forms crystals of several modifications:
Cubic system, space group Fm3m, cell parameters a = 0.5835 nm, exists at temperatures below –131 °С. Tetragonal system, cell parameters a = 0.58312 nm, c = 0.58281 nm, exists in the temperature range –131 to –98 °С. Cubic system, space group Fm3m, cell parameters a = 0.58318 nm, exists at temperatures above –98 °C.
Neptunium arsenide becomes antiferromagnetic at 175 K.
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