Suoyi Titanium carbide powder(TiC) is an important transition metal carbide with unique physical and chemical properties

Suoyi Titanium carbide powder(TiC) is an important transition metal carbide with unique physical and chemical properties, and is widely used in many industrial fields. The following are its characteristics and main applications:
Characteristics of titanium carbide
1. High melting point and high thermal stability, the melting point is about 3140°C, and the structure can still remain stable at high temperature, suitable for extreme environment applications.
2. Ultra-high hardness and wear resistance, the microhardness can reach 28-35 GPa (close to diamond), excellent wear resistance, often used in cutting tools and coatings.
3. Excellent chemical inertness, acid and alkali corrosion resistance, strong oxidation resistance (slow oxidation at high temperature), suitable for corrosive environments.
4. Good electrical and thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity is better than ceramic materials, can be used for electrodes or electronic components.
5. Low density and high rigidity, the density is only 4.93 g/cm3, lighter than many metal carbides, but with outstanding rigidity.
Main applications of titanium carbide
Wear-resistant coating, coating application, forming a TiC layer on the surface of tools and molds through CVD/PVD process to extend service life.
High temperature parts, high temperature resistant parts (such as turbine blade coatings), rocket nozzle materials.
Electronic and electrode materials, diffusion barriers in integrated circuits, vacuum arc electrodes, crucible materials for melting metals.
Composite reinforcement phase, added to metals (such as aluminum, titanium) or ceramic matrices to improve strength and wear resistance.
Other fields, 3D printing, high hardness powder for additive manufacturing; wear-resistant artificial joint coatings (further biocompatibility verification is required).

Precautions
TiC itself is brittle and often needs to be compounded with other materials (such as Ni, Co bonding phases) to improve toughness.