Name and formula
Reference code: 00-025-1133
PDF index name: Aluminum Nitride
Empirical formula: AlN
Chemical formula: AlN
Crystallographic parameters
Crystal system: Hexagonal
Space group: P63mc
Space group number: 186
a (?): 3.1114
b (?): 3.1114
c (?): 4.9792
Alpha (°): 90.0000
Beta (°): 90.0000
Gamma (°): 120.0000
Calculated density (g/cm^3): 3.26
Volume of cell (10^6 pm^3): 41.74
Z: 2.00
RIR: 1.60
Subfiles and Quality
Subfiles: Inorganic
Alloy, metal or intermetalic
Common Phase
Educational pattern
Forensic
NBS pattern
Superconducting Material
Quality: Star (S)
Comments
Color: Light gray
General comments: A small amount of metallic aluminum was sieved out.
Major impurities: 0.01-0.1% each Fe, Mg, Si, 0.003-0.03% each Co, Cr, Cu, Sr, Ti, 0.001-0.01% each Ca, Ni.
Merck Index, 8th Ed., p. 45.
Sample source: Sample from Cerac/Pure, Inc. Menomee Falls, Wisconsin, USA.
Optical data: A=2.13, B=2.20, Sign=+
Additional pattern: To replace 00-008-0262.
Temperature: Pattern taken at 25 C.
References
Primary reference: Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.) Monogr. 25, 12, 5, (1975)
Optical data: Kohn et al., Am. Mineral., 41, 355, (1956)
Peak list
No. h k l d [A] 2Theta[deg] I [%]
1 1 0 0 2.69500 33.216 100.0
2 0 0 2 2.49000 36.041 60.0
3 1 0 1 2.37100 37.917 80.0
4 1 0 2 1.82900 49.816 25.0
5 1 1 0 1.55590 59.350 40.0
6 1 0 3 1.41330 66.054 30.0
7 2 0 0 1.34750 69.731 5.0
8 1 1 2 1.31940 71.440 25.0
9 2 0 1 1.30070 72.629 10.0
10 0 0 4 1.24500 76.445 1.0
11 2 0 2 1.18500 81.090 4.0
12 1 0 4 1.13010 85.941 1.0
13 2 0 3 1.04610 94.844 9.0
14 2 1 0 1.01840 98.293 3.0
15 2 1 1 0.99780 101.067 7.0
16 1 1 4 0.97200 104.838 2.0
17 2 1 2 0.94250 109.630 3.0
18 1 0 5 0.93400 111.123 6.0
19 2 0 4 0.91420 114.830 1.0
20 3 0 0 0.89820 118.097 4.0
21 2 1 3 0.86800 125.107 10.0
22 3 0 2 0.84480 131.514 5.0
23 0 0 6 0.82980 136.341 1.0
24 2 0 5 0.80080 148.272 5.0
25 1 0 6 0.79310 152.457 1.0
26 2 1 4 0.78820 155.532 1.0