Zirconium carbide

Chemical properties

Gray, crystalline solid. Mohs hardness 8+. Insoluble in water and hydrochloric acid; soluble in oxidizing acids and attacked by oxidizers.

The Uses of Zirconium carbide

zirconium carbide (ZrC) and Titanium carbide (TiC) are extremely hard refractory metal compounds. TiC, ZrC, VC and NbC are commercially used in tool bits for cutting tools. ZrC is used extensively as coating of UO2 and ThO2 particles of nuclear fuel.

The Uses of Zirconium carbide

Incandescent filaments, abrasive, cermet component, high-temperature electrical conductor, refractory, metal cladding, cutting tool component.

The Uses of Zirconium carbide

Zirconium carbide (ZrC) is used for light bulb filaments, for cladding metals to protect them from corrosion, in making adhesives, and as a high-temperature lining for refractory furnaces. Zirconium carbide (ZrC) is an extremely hard refractory ceramic material, commercially used in tool bits for cutting tools. ZrC has the appearance of a gray metallic powder with cubic crystal structure. It is highly corrosion-resistant. This group IV interstitial transition-metal carbide is also a member of ultrahigh temperature ceramics or UHTC.ZrC appears suitable for application in re-entry vehicles, rocket/scramjet engines, or supersonic vehicles in which low-densities and high-temperature load-bearing capabilities are vital constraints. The mixture of zirconium carbide and tantalum carbide is an important cermet material.