Chromium carbide

Chromium carbide: Chromium carbide^[1]

IUPAC name

Chromium(II) carbide

Identifiers

CAS number 12012-35-0^Y

PubChem 3650773

ChemSpider 21171152^Y

Jmol-3D images Image 1

SMILES

[Cr]#C[Cr]C#[Cr]

InChI

InChI=1S/2C.3Cr^Y
Key: UFGZSIPAQKLCGR-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y
InChI=1/2C.3Cr/rC2Cr3/c3-1-5-2-4
Key: UFGZSIPAQKLCGR-HMFAXLTNAU

Properties

Molecular formula Cr₃C₂

Molar mass 180.009 g/mol

Appearance gray orthorhombic crystals

Density 6.68 g/cm³

Melting point
1895°C

Structure

Crystal structure Orthorhombic, oP20

Space group Pnma, No. 62

Y carbide (verify) (what is: Y/N?)
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

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Chromium carbide (Cr₃C₂) is an extremely hard refractory ceramic material. It is usually processed by sintering. It has the appearance of a gray powder with orthorhombic crystal structure. The orthorhombic Cr₃C₂ occurs extremely rarely as mineral tongbaite.

Other compositions are available, e.g. Cr₂₃C₆ (occurring as extremely rare mineral isovite, cubic) and Cr₇C₃.

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1 Properties

2 Uses

3 References

4 External links

Properties

It is highly corrosion-resistant, and does not oxidize at high temperatures (1000-1100 °C). The powder for coating costs $40–$65 per pound.

The thermal expansion coefficient of chromium carbide is almost equal to that of steel, reducing the mechanical stress buildup at the layer boundary.

Precipitation of chromium carbide at the grain boundaries, depleting the grain edges of chromium, is the cause of intergranular corrosion of stainless steel near the welds.

Uses

Chromium carbide is used as a thermal spray material for protecting the underlying metal surface, and as an additive to corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant materials. It is used in coatings of bearings, seals, orifices, and valve seals, and as a fine-crystal phase in other sintered carbides, where, like the vanadium carbide, it inhibits growth of submicrometre grains during pressing and sintering.

It is also used as a material for gage block standards, used in metrology. Chromium carbide is widely used by Starrett-Webber gage block tolerances, with a thermal expansion coefficient of 4.7 x 10^-6 inches/foot per inch.

References

^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 4–52, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2

External links

National Pollutant Inventory - Chromium (III) compounds fact sheet

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Cr(CO)₆ · CrCl₂ · CrCl₃ · CrCl₄ · CrF₃ · CrN · Cr(NO₃)₃ · CrO · CrO₂ · CrO₃ · CrO₅ · Cr₂O₃ · Cr₂S₃ · Cr₂(SO₄)₃ · Cr₃C₂

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Chromium carbide^[1]

IUPAC name Chromium(II) carbide
Identifiers
CAS number	12012-35-0^Y
PubChem	3650773
ChemSpider	21171152^Y
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES [Cr]#C[Cr]C#[Cr]
InChI InChI=1S/2C.3Cr^Y Key: UFGZSIPAQKLCGR-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y InChI=1/2C.3Cr/rC2Cr3/c3-1-5-2-4 Key: UFGZSIPAQKLCGR-HMFAXLTNAU
Properties
Molecular formula	Cr₃C₂
Molar mass	180.009 g/mol
Appearance	gray orthorhombic crystals
Density	6.68 g/cm³
Melting point	1895°C
Structure
Crystal structure	Orthorhombic, oP20
Space group	Pnma, No. 62
Y carbide (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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