Vanadium carbide

Vanadium carbide[1]
Vanadium carbide
Names
Other names
Vanadium Carbon
Vanadium(IV) carbide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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Properties
VC
Molar mass 62.953 g/mol
Appearance refractory black cubic crystals
Density 5.77 g/cm3
Melting point 2,810 °C (5,090 °F; 3,080 K)
insoluble
Structure
cubic, cF8
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Vanadium carbide is the inorganic compound with the formula VC. It is an extremely hard and refractory ceramic material. With a hardness of 9-9.5 Mohs, it is possibly the hardest metal-carbide known.[2] It is of interest because it is prevalent in vanadium metal and alloys.[3]

  1. ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 4–93, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
  2. ^ "Ceramic and Cermet Composite Powders - PPM Ltd". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ Günter Bauer, Volker Güther, Hans Hess, Andreas Otto, Oskar Roidl, Heinz Roller, Siegfried Sattelberger "Vanadium and Vanadium Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a27_367