MSE PRO Chromium Diboride, CrB₂, 99% Powder, 1 kg

Chromium Diboride, CrB₂, 99% Powder, 1 kg

• Product Number: PO3110 (1 kg)
• Formula: CrB₂
• CAS Number: 12007-16-8
• Molecular Weight: 73.62  g/mol
• Density: 5.22 g/cm³ at 25°C
• Melting Point: 2,170°C
• Color: Grey
• Purity: 99% 2N

Applications:  

Chromium Diboride powder is mainly used in coating due to its hardness, wear resistive, and corrosive resistive properties. CrB₂ powder has been used in metal matrix composites (MMCs), cutting tools, plasma technologies, spark sintering, and as electrodes in electron microscopes.

References:

K.L. Dahm, L.R. Jordan, J. Haase, and P.A. Dearnley Magnetron sputter deposition of chromium diboride coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology Vol 108-109, 413-418, 1998.

L.R. Jordan, A.J. Betts, K.L. Dahm, P.A. Dearnley, and G.A. Wright. Corrosion and passivation mechanism of chromium diboride coatings on stainless steel. Corrosion Science Vol 47(5), 1085-1096, 2005.

B. Mahesh, K. Sairam, J.K. Sonber, T.S.R.C. Murthy, G.V.S. Nageswar Rao, T. Srinivas Rao, and J.K. Chakravartty. Sinterability studies of monolithic chromium diboride (CrB₂) by spark plasma sintering. Int. J. Refractory Metals and Hard Materials Vol 52, 66-69, 2015.