Phosphorus mononitride is an inorganic compound with the

chemical formula In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbol ...

P N. Containing only phosphorus and nitrogen, this material is classified as a

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nitride. It is the first identified

phosphorus Phosphorus is a chemical element with the symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Ear ...

compound in the interstellar medium. It is an important molecule in interstellar medium and the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.

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{{inorganic-compound-stub Nitrides Phosphorus compounds Solids

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