Zirconium disilicide

Zirconium disilicide[1]
Names
Other names
Zirconium disilicide
Identifiers
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EC Number
  • 234-911-1
  • InChI=1S/2Si.Zr
    Key: GJIKIPCNQLUSQC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Properties
ZrSi2
Molar mass 147.395 g/mol
Appearance gray powder
Density 4.88 g/cm3
Melting point 1,620 °C (2,950 °F; 1,890 K)
insoluble
Solubility soluble in hydrofluoric acid
Structure[2]
Orthorhombic
a = 3.72 au, b = 14.69 au, c = 3.66 au
Hazards
Safety data sheet (SDS) MSDS
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Zirconium disilicide is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula ZrSi2, consisting of zirconium and silicon atoms. It is a ceramic, but not very hard and very brittle.[2]

  1. ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 4–96, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
  2. ^ a b Cotter, Perry G.; Kohn, J. A.; Potter, R. A. (January 1956). "Physical and X-Ray Study of the Disilicides of Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium". Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 39 (1): 11–12. doi:10.1111/j.1151-2916.1956.tb15590.x. ISSN 0002-7820.