Gadolinium Boride Powder is a rare earth boride powder with purple colour, high density (about 5.27g/cm³), high melting point (>2100°C or about 2510°C), chemically stable and insoluble in water, which is widely used in the fields of electronics, material coating, analysis and testing.
Characteristic
Appearance: Gadolinium Boride is in the form of purple powder, odourless.
Density: The density is relatively high, about 5.27g/cm³, which makes it advantageous in some application scenarios where the density of the material is required, for example, in the preparation of certain optical or electronic devices, the high density can ensure the stability and reliability of the material.
Melting point: High melting point, usually greater than 2100°C (also 2510°C), high melting point ensures that the material can still maintain a stable structure and performance at high temperatures, so that it is suitable for high-temperature processes or equipment working at high temperatures.
Chemical properties: Gadolinium Boride is chemically stable at room temperature and is insoluble in water.
Magnetic properties: Gadolinium Boride Among metal compounds, the element gadolinium shows a more specific magnetic behaviour. Gadolinium ions in gadolinium boride have antiferromagnetic ordering at low temperatures.
Crystal structure: Gadolinium Boride has a cubic CaB₆-type crystal structure.
Applications
Electronic field: Gadolinium Boride can be used as cathode material in the field of emission electron source, to provide a stable material basis for electron emission, which is of great significance for some electronic devices requiring high electron emission efficiency, such as electron microscopes, electron beam processing equipment, and so on. It is used in thermal ion energy converters, thermal ion generators, and vacuum tubes, etc., using its special physical and electronic properties to achieve energy conversion and transmission.
Material Coating: It can be used as a coating material for electron beam welding applications, which can improve the high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and mechanical strength of the welded parts to ensure the quality and reliability of welding.
Analysis and Inspection: Used in high-resolution imaging technology Field Ion Microscopy (FIM) as well as electron spectroscopy techniques such as Photoelectron Spectroscopy (PES) and Acoustic Electron Spectroscopy (AES) to support microstructural analyses of materials and studies of the chemical state of surfaces.
Other fields: Potential applications in radar, aerospace, nuclear industry and other fields with high demands on material properties, e.g. in nuclear reactors for special neutron absorption or shielding applications.
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Every batch of our materials is independently tested, and, if necessary, we send samples to certified companies for testing. We provide these documents and analysis certificates with the shipment to certify that our products meet the required standards.
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