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Niobium Carbide, NbC
Categories: Ceramic; Carbide

Material Notes: Gray cubic crystals

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Physical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Density 7.60 g/cctypical processed
 7.82 g/cctheoretical
Molecular Weight 104.917 g/mol
 
Mechanical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Hardness, Rockwell A 90at RT
Vickers Microhardness 2400
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 244 MPaat RT
Modulus of Elasticity 330 - 537 GPa
Compressive Strength 2374 MPaat RT
Poissons Ratio 0.22
@Temperature 23.0 °C
 0.25
@Temperature 1930 °C
Shear Modulus 197 - 245 GPa
 
Electrical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Electrical Resistivity 0.0000740 ohm-cm
 
Thermal PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
CTE, linear 6.70 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 20.0 °C
Melting Point 3500 °C
Solidus 3425 °C
Liquidus 3575 °C
Boiling Point 4300 °C
 
Descriptive Properties
CAS Number12069-94-2
ColorGray
Crystal StructureCubicNaCl Structure

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