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This paper is a critical review of the available phase equilibria, crystallographic, and thermodynamic data for the vanadium-nitrogen system. Three nitride phases, βV2 N1-y, δVN1-x, and δVN1-x, have been identified and their crystal structures, ranges of homogeneity, and melting or decomposition temperatures determined. The sol vus boundary for the vanadium-rich solid solution is placed at 3.8 at. pct N at 550 °C and increases to 11 at. pct N at 1500 °C. A break in the solvus observed at 550 °C is associated with the formation of a metastable phase, V16N. Other metastable phases have been identified, but their exact stoichiometries and structures have not been unambiguously determined. The enthalpies and free energies of formation, heat capacities, and dissociation pressures for the subnitride and mononitride are evaluated and correlated.
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This paper is based on a presentation made at the G. R. Fitterer Symposium on Nitrogen in Metals and Alloys held at the 114th annual AIME meeting in New York, February 24–28, 1985, under the auspices of the ASM-MSD Thermodynamic Activity Committee.
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Carlson, O.N., Smith, J.F. & Nafziger, R.H. The vanadium-nitrogen system: a review. Metall Trans A 17, 1647–1656 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02817263
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