What is Titanium Carbide?

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Update time : 2022-03-11 16:39:42

What is Titanium Carbide?
The chemical formula is TiC, and the molecular weight is 59.89. Gray metallic face-centered cubic lattice solid. The melting point is 3140±90℃, the boiling point is 4820℃, and the relative density is 4.93. Hardness is greater than 9. Insoluble in water, soluble in nitric acid and aqua regia. It is stable to air at lower than 800°C, corroded by air at higher than 2000°C, and can react with pure O2 at 1150°C. Production method: The mixture of titanium powder and carbon obtained by reducing TiO2 by hydrogen is acted at high temperature, or TiO2 and carbon powder are mixed and pressed into a block, then heated to 2300-2700 ° C in an electric furnace and carbonized in H2 or CO atmosphere and get. Uses: System of cemented carbide, also used as electrodes and abrasives of arc lamps.
The characteristics of Titanium Carbide
It is stable to air at temperatures below 800°C, and is slowly oxidized at 800°C, but powdered TiC can be burned in O2 at 600°C to generate TiO2 and CO2. It is eroded by air when it is higher than 2000 °C, and can react with pure O2 at 1150 °C [3] to generate TiO2 and CO. It is easy to interact with halogen, oxygen and nitrogen when heated. It reacts with molten alkali and gradually de-C occurs when it is heated to above 1500 ℃ in H2Chemicalbook gas. Reacts with N2 gas above 1200°C to form mixed titanium carbonitride Ti(C,N) with variable composition. Does not interact with water, but can react with water vapor to generate TiO2, CO and H2 at temperatures above 700 °C. It does not interact with CO, and reacts with CO2 at 1200 °C to generate TiO2 and CO.

Titanium Carbide Properties
Other Names	titanium(IV) carbide, TiC powder
CAS No.	12070-08-5
Compound Formula	TiC
Molecular Weight	40.1
Appearance	Black Powder
Melting Point	3160 °C
Boiling Point	4820 °C
Density	4.93 g/cm3
Solubility in H2O	N/A
Exact Mass	59.947946

Titanium Carbide TiC Powder CAS 12070-08-5

The applications of Titanium Carbide
1. Used in cutting tools, wear-resistant coatings, mold manufacturing, making metal crucibles for smelting metal and many other fields;
2. Raw materials for powder metallurgy production of ceramics and hard metallurgical parts, such as wire drawing films, cemented carbide molds, etc.; multiphase ceramics can be used in hard knives, military armor materials, aerospace Chemicalbook components, such as gas tanks, Engines, nozzle liners, turbine rotors, blades, and structural components in nuclear reactors;
3. As a coating material, it can be used as diamond coating, anti-tritium coating in fusion reactor, electrical contact coating, excavator pick coating, as well as making foam ceramics, infrared radiation ceramic materials, etc.
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