Thulium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of thulium and nitrogen with the chemical formula . It can be prepared by reacting thulium amalgam with nitrogen at high temperature.B. Magyar. Preparation of rare earth nitrides from amalgams. Inorganic Chemistry. 1968 7 (7), 1457-1458
Physical properties Thulium nitride crystallises cubic system with Fm3m space group. It has a sodium chloride structure.
Chemical properties It reacts with Tm2In at 1220 K to form (Tm3N)In.Martin Kirchner, Walter Schnelle, Frank R. Wagner, Rainer Niewa. Preparation, crystal structure and physical properties of ternary compounds (R3N)In, R=rare-earth metal. Solid State Sciences, 2003. 1247-1257. References