What is Titanium Boride?

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Update time : 2022-03-09 10:41:51

What is Titanium Boride?
Titanium boride powder is gray or gray-black with a hexagonal crystal structure. Its melting point is 2980°C and it has high hardness. Titanium diboride has an anti-oxidation temperature of 1000 °C in air, and is stable in HCl and HF acid. Titanium diboride is mainly used to prepare composite ceramic products. Because of its resistance to corrosion of molten metal, it can be used in the manufacture of molten metal crucibles and electrolytic cell electrodes.
The main features of Titanium Boride
Titanium boride (TiB₂) is the most stable compound of boron and titanium. It has a C32 type structure and is bound in the form of valence bonds. It is a metalloid compound of the hexagonal system. The structural parameters of its complete crystal are: a is 0.3028nm, C is 0.3228nm. The boron atomic planes and the titanium atomic planes in the crystal structure alternately form a two-dimensional network structure, in which B is combined with three other Bs by covalent bonds, and an extra electron forms a large π bond. This graphite-like boron atomic layered structure and Ti outer electrons determine the good electrical conductivity and metallic luster of TiB₂, and the Ti-B bond between the boron atomic plane and the titanium atomic plane determines the high hardness of this material and brittle characteristics.

Titanium Boride Properties
Other Names	TiB2, TiB2 powder, titanium boride powder
CAS No.	12045-63-5
Compound Formula	TiB2
Molecular Weight	69.489
Appearance	Gray Powder
Melting Point	2980 °C
Boiling Point	N/A
Density	4.52 g/cm3
Solubility in H2O	N/A
Thermal Expansion Coefficient	8.1×10-6m/m.k
Thermal Conductivity	25J/m.s.k
Electrical Resistivity	14.4μΩ.cm
Exact Mass	69.96656 Da

Titanium Diboride TiB2 Powder CAS 12045-63-5

The applications of Titanium Boride
1. Conductive ceramic material. It is one of the main raw materials of vacuum coating conductive evaporation boat.
2. Ceramic cutting tools and molds. It can manufacture finishing tools, wire drawing dies, extrusion dies, sandblasting nozzles, sealing elements, etc.
3. Composite ceramic materials. It can be used as an important component of multi-component composite materials to form composite materials with TiC, TiN, SiC and other materials to make various high-temperature resistant parts and functional parts, such as high-temperature crucibles, engine parts, etc. It is also one of the best materials for making armor protection materials.
4. Aluminum electrolytic cell cathode coating material. Due to the good wettability between TiB2 and molten metal, using TiB2 as the cathode coating material of the aluminum electrolytic cell can reduce the power consumption of the aluminum electrolytic cell and prolong the life of the electrolytic cell.
5. It is made into PTC heating ceramic material and flexible PTC material, which has the characteristics of safety, power saving, reliability, and easy processing and molding. It is an updated high-tech product of various electric heating materials.
6. A good strengthening agent for metal materials such as Al, Fe, and Cu.
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