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* (not necessarily but desirable) do not react or dissolve in water
 
* (not necessarily but desirable) do not react or dissolve in water
  
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==list of potential structural compounds==
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If one looks at the most common / most accessible elements and their simplest compounds one finds a list of potential structural building materials:
 
If one looks at the most common / most accessible elements and their simplest compounds one finds a list of potential structural building materials:
  
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* SiO2 quartz (& allotropes)
 
* SiO2 quartz (& allotropes)
 
* Al2O3 aluminum oxide - aka sapphire
 
* Al2O3 aluminum oxide - aka sapphire
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* Fe3C iron carbide aka cementite
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* iron silicides & iron borides ? - unknown properties
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* FeS2 FeS iron sulfides - pyrite marcasite ...
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* Fe2O3 Fe3O4 hämatite magnetite
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* Cu3P CuS (copper is rare)
  
 
Surisingly titanium forms chemically rather stable compounds with many nonmetals.
 
Surisingly titanium forms chemically rather stable compounds with many nonmetals.
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* TiS titanium sulphide
 
* TiS titanium sulphide
 
* TiO2 Ti2O3 titanium oxides
 
* TiO2 Ti2O3 titanium oxides
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===materials which very slowly dissolve in water but are thought to be rather nontoxic===
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* Al4C3
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* AlN (oxidizes  on air)
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* the three natural allotropes of elementar phosphorus
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* S2N2 S4N4 (SN)x - diamondoid?
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* allotropes of elementar sulfur
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simplest most water stable compounds of abundant alkaline eart metals
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* MgB2 magnesium diboride (high temperature superconductor)
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* MgO magnesium oxide aka magnesia
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* CaB2 calcium diboride
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* CaS calcium sulfite
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most water stable solid fluorides
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* TiF3 titanium fluoride
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* MgF2 magnesium fluoride aka sellaide
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* CaF2 calcium fluoride aka fluorite
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==dangerous materials to stay away from==
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* solid nitrogen (except you want to make highly potent explosives)
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* AlP extremely toxic
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* Al2S3 highly toxic
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* sulphur phosphorus compounds - highly toxic
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* Fe3P
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* BF3 BCl3 PCl3

Revision as of 23:52, 30 November 2013

Diamondoid materials encompass all materials that

  • do not diffuse at room temperature
  • are stiff enough to keep their shape under thermal movement
  • have dense three dimensional networks of covalent bonds - (short bond loops => no polymeres)
  • (not necessarily but desirable) do not react or dissolve in water

list of potential structural compounds

If one looks at the most common / most accessible elements and their simplest compounds one finds a list of potential structural building materials:

Compounds that do not react or dissolve in water:

  • carbon in diamond lonsdaleite or intermediate forms
  • silicon carbide (also cubic or hexagonal)
  • silicon (also cubic or hexagonal)
  • B4C boron carbide
  • SiB4; SiB6 ?
  • four allotropes of elementar boron
  • AlB12
  • beta-C3N4 beta carbon nitride
  • N4Si3 silicon nitride
  • cubic BN cubic boron nitride
  • BP boron phosphide
  • SiO2 quartz (& allotropes)
  • Al2O3 aluminum oxide - aka sapphire
  • Fe3C iron carbide aka cementite
  • iron silicides & iron borides ? - unknown properties
  • FeS2 FeS iron sulfides - pyrite marcasite ...
  • Fe2O3 Fe3O4 hämatite magnetite
  • Cu3P CuS (copper is rare)

Surisingly titanium forms chemically rather stable compounds with many nonmetals.

  • TiC titanium carbide
  • TiSi2 ?(unknown properties)
  • TiB2 titanium diboride
  • TiN titanium nitride
  • TiP Titanium Phoshide (too metallic?)
  • TiS titanium sulphide
  • TiO2 Ti2O3 titanium oxides

materials which very slowly dissolve in water but are thought to be rather nontoxic

  • Al4C3
  • AlN (oxidizes on air)
  • the three natural allotropes of elementar phosphorus
  • S2N2 S4N4 (SN)x - diamondoid?
  • allotropes of elementar sulfur

simplest most water stable compounds of abundant alkaline eart metals

  • MgB2 magnesium diboride (high temperature superconductor)
  • MgO magnesium oxide aka magnesia
  • CaB2 calcium diboride
  • CaS calcium sulfite

most water stable solid fluorides

  • TiF3 titanium fluoride
  • MgF2 magnesium fluoride aka sellaide
  • CaF2 calcium fluoride aka fluorite

dangerous materials to stay away from

  • solid nitrogen (except you want to make highly potent explosives)
  • AlP extremely toxic
  • Al2S3 highly toxic
  • sulphur phosphorus compounds - highly toxic
  • Fe3P
  • BF3 BCl3 PCl3