Yttrium Boride

Yttrium Boride Powder is a kind of intermetallic compound powder with chemical formula YB₆, in the form of gray or black powder, with high hardness close to diamond, high melting point of about 2200 ℃, good chemical stability and a certain degree of electrical conductivity, and it has important applications in a variety of fields such as hard materials and electronic materials.

Characteristic

Chemical Formula: YB₆

Molecular weight: 203.17

Appearance: usually appears as gray to black powdery substance.

Crystal structure: Cubic crystal system structure, this structure makes it has good stability and unique physical properties.

Hardness: Extremely hard, close to diamond on the Mohs hardness scale, with excellent wear resistance, giving it a significant advantage in applications requiring high wear resistance.

Melting point: The melting point is approximately 2200°C. This high melting point gives it the ability to maintain stable physical and chemical properties at high temperatures and to withstand extreme heat conditions.

Density: Density of about 4.3g/cm³, relatively high density makes it in some of the material weight requirements of the application need to consider the performance advantages.

Conductivity: good electrical conductivity, belonging to one of the characteristics of intermetallic compounds, this property makes it in the electronic field has a special application value.

Chemical stability: at room temperature and pressure, Yttrium Boride powder has good chemical stability, and is not easy to react with common gases, water and some chemical substances. However, in specific chemical environments such as strong oxidizers or strong acids, chemical reactions may occur.

Applications

Cemented carbide and cutting tools: Since Yttrium Boride powder has extremely high hardness and wear resistance, adding it to cemented carbide can significantly improve the hardness and wear resistance of the alloy, thus extending the service life of the cutting tools and improving the machining efficiency and quality, and it has a wide range of applications in the metal processing, machinery manufacturing and other industries.

Electron Emitting Material: Its good conductivity and high temperature stability make it an ideal electron emitter material, which can be used to manufacture electron tubes, cathode ray tubes and other electronic devices in the electron emission source, which can emit electrons stably at high temperature to ensure the normal operation and high performance performance of electronic devices.

Electrode materials: Yttrium Boride powder can be used as electrode materials in some special electrochemical applications. Its unique physical and chemical properties can improve the conductivity, stability and corrosion resistance of the electrode, thus improving the performance and life of the electrochemical system, for example, in some high-performance batteries, electrolyzers and other equipment.

Ceramic composites: Yttrium Boride added to the ceramic matrix can effectively improve the mechanical properties and thermal stability of ceramic materials. Through reasonable formula design and preparation process, ceramic composite materials with high strength, high toughness and good wear resistance can be prepared, which can be applied to the manufacture of high temperature and wear-resistant parts in aerospace, automobile engine, chemical industry and other fields.

Neutron absorption material: Boron element has a high absorption cross section for neutrons, and the boron content in Yttrium Boride powder is high, so it can be used as neutron absorption control material in nuclear reactors to regulate the neutron flux in the reactors and to guarantee the safe operation of the nuclear reactors, which has an important application value in the field of nuclear energy.