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What are interstitial compounds?
What are interstitial compounds? Why do these compounds have higher melting points than corresponding pure metals?
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Solution
- Interstitial compounds are those which are formed when small atoms like H, C, N, B, etc. are trapped inside the crystal lattice of metals.
- They have a higher melting point than metals because the metal-nonmetal bonds are stronger than the metal-metal bonds in pure metals.
- They are usually non-stoichiometric and are neither typically ionic nor covalent; for example, TiC, Mn4N, Fe3H, VH0.56, and TiH1.7.
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