Zirconium carbide
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Other names
zirconium(IV) carbide |
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| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 12070-14-3  |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | ZrC |
| Molar mass | 103.235 g/mol |
| Appearance | gray refractory solid |
| Density | 6.73 g/cm3 |
| Melting point |
3532°C |
| Boiling point |
5100°C |
| Solubility in water | insoluble |
| Solubility | soluble in concentrated H2SO4, HF, HNO3 |
| Structure | |
| Crystal structure | Cubic, cF8 |
| Space group | Fm3m, No. 225 |
| Coordination geometry |
Octahedral |
| Thermochemistry | |
| Std enthalpy of formation ΔfH |
−207 kJ/mol (extrapolated to stoichiometric composition)[2] |
| Hazards | |
| EU classification | not listed |
| Main hazards | pyrophoric |
| Related compounds | |
| Related refractory ceramic materials | zirconium nitride, tantalum carbide, niobium carbide, zirconium carbide |
 (verify) (what is:  / ?)Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) |
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Zirconium carbide (ZrC) is an extremely hard refractory ceramic material,[3] commercially used in tool bits for cutting tools. It is usually processed by sintering. It has the appearance of a gray metallic powder with cubic crystal structure. It is highly corrosion resistant.
Like most carbides of refractory metals, zirconium carbide is sub-stoichiometric, i.e., it contains carbon vacancies. At carbon contents higher than approximately ZrC0.98 the material contains free carbon.[2]
ZrC reacts with water and acids and is pyrophoric.
The mixture of zirconium carbide and tantalum carbide is an important cermet material.
Hafnium-free zirconium carbide and niobium carbide can be used as refractory coatings in nuclear reactors. Zirconium carbide is used extensively as coating of uranium dioxide and thorium dioxide particles of nuclear fuel. The coating is usually deposited by thermal chemical vapor deposition in a fluidized bed reactor.
It is also used as an abrasive, in cladding, in cermets, incandescent filaments and cutting tools.
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- ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 4–96, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
- ^ a b Baker, Floyd B.; Storms, Edmund K.; Holley Jr., Charles E. (1969), "Enthalpy of formation of zirconium carbide", J. Chem. Eng. Data 14: 244–246, doi:10.1021/je60041a034
- ^ Measurement and theory of the hardness of transition- metal carbides , especially tantalum carbide. Schwab, G. M.; Krebs, A. Phys.-Chem. Inst., Univ. Muenchen, Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger. Planseeberichte fuer Pulvermetallurgie (1971), 19(2), 91-110
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