Chapter 182 The metals and alloys (prepared utilizing liquid ammonia solutions) in catalysis II

Preparation and Some Properties of Nanostructural Rare Earth Nitrides by Using the Reaction of Hydrides with Ammonia

“…We have studied catalytic properties of a variety of RE compounds [4][5][6][7][8]. It has been recently found that RE nitrides are very active as a catalyst; thus europium and ytterbium nitride (EuN and YbN) obtained by the thermal decomposition of their amides show catalytic activity for the partial hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene [9,10] and the selective dimerization of olefin [11].…”