MSE PRO Hafnium Carbide (HfC) Powder, >98% Purity, -325 Mesh

Hafnium Carbide (HfC) Powder, >98% Purity, -325 Mesh

• Product Number: PO6301 (100g); PO6302 (500g); PO6303 (1kg)
• CAS Number: 12069-85-1 
• Formula: HfC
• Crystal Structure: NaCl type cubic crystal structure
• Molecular Weight: 190.5 g/mol
• Density: 12.2 g/cm³ at 25°C
• Particle Size: -325 mesh
  
• Melting point: 3890°C
• Color: Gray
• Purity: >98%, metal basis excluding Zr

Applications 

Hafnium Carbide (HfC) is a gray powder, with NaCl type cubic crystal structure. HfC has the highest melting point (3890°C) among known single compounds. Hafnium carbide has a high coefficient of elasticity, good electrical and thermal conductivity, a small coefficient of thermal expansion and good impact resistance. HfC is widely used in cemented carbide, aerospace, atomic energy, electronics, coatings, hard films and ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTC). In the field of materials technology, HfC is the most important basic material for the manufacture of rocket nozzle throat liners and the nose cone parts of space rockets.

Reference

1. Structural evolution and ablation mechanism of a hafnium carbide coating on a C/C composite in an oxyacetylene torch environment, Corros. Sci., 2012, 61, 156-161

2. Pressureless Sintering of Hafnium Carbide–Silicon Carbide Ceramics,  J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 96: 1751-1756