Titanium carbide

Titanium carbide

Names
IUPAC name titanium carbide
Other names titanium(IV) carbide
Identifiers
CAS Number	12070-08-5 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ECHA InfoCard	100.031.916
PubChem CID	4226345
UNII	7SHTGW5HBI Y
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10583531
InChI InChI=1S/C.Ti/q-1;+1
SMILES [Ti+]#[C-]
Properties
Chemical formula	TiC
Molar mass	59.89 g/mol
Appearance	black powder
Density	4.93 g/cm3
Melting point	3,160 °C (5,720 °F; 3,430 K)
Boiling point	4,820 °C (8,710 °F; 5,090 K)
Solubility in water	insoluble in water
Magnetic susceptibility (χ)	+8.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Crystal structure	Cubic, cF8
Space group	Fm3m, No. 225
Coordination geometry	Octahedral
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). N verify (what is YN ?) Infobox references

Titanium carbide, TiC, is an extremely hard (Mohs 9–9.5) refractory ceramic material, similar to tungsten carbide. It has the appearance of black powder with the sodium chloride (face-centered cubic) crystal structure.

It occurs in nature as a form of the very rare mineral khamrabaevite (Russian: Хамрабаевит) - (Ti,V,Fe)C. It was discovered in 1984 on Mount Arashan in the Chatkal District,^[1] USSR (modern Kyrgyzstan), near the Uzbek border. The mineral was named after Ibragim Khamrabaevich Khamrabaev, director of Geology and Geophysics of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Its crystals as found in nature range in size from 0.1 to 0.3 mm.