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Niobium Carbide, NbC
Categories: Ceramic; Carbide

Material Notes: Gray cubic crystals

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Physical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Density 7.60 g/cc0.275 lb/in³typical processed
 7.82 g/cc0.283 lb/in³theoretical
Molecular Weight 104.917 g/mol104.917 g/mol
 
Mechanical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Hardness, Rockwell A 9090at RT
Vickers Microhardness 24002400
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 244 MPa35400 psiat RT
Modulus of Elasticity 330 - 537 GPa47900 - 77900 ksi
Compressive Strength 2374 MPa344300 psiat RT
Poissons Ratio  0.22
@Temperature 23.0 °C
0.22
@Temperature 73.4 °F
 0.25
@Temperature 1930 °C
0.25
@Temperature 3510 °F
Shear Modulus 197 - 245 GPa28600 - 35500 ksi
 
Electrical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Electrical Resistivity 0.0000740 ohm-cm0.0000740 ohm-cm
 
Thermal PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
CTE, linear 6.70 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 20.0 °C
3.72 µin/in-°F
@Temperature 68.0 °F
Melting Point 3500 °C6330 °F
Solidus 3425 °C6197 °F
Liquidus 3575 °C6467 °F
Boiling Point 4300 °C7770 °F
 
Descriptive Properties
CAS Number12069-94-2
ColorGray
Crystal StructureCubicNaCl Structure

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