MSE PRO 99.9% (3N) Terbium Nitride (TbN) Powder, Pass 200 Mesh

MSE PRO™ 99.9% (3N) Terbium Nitride (TbN) Powder, Pass 200 Mesh

Description

Product name: Terbium Nitride

Chemical formula: TbN

CAS number: 12033-64-6

EINECS number: 234-790-5

Purity: 99.9%

Appearance: black powder

Mesh number: -200

Molecular weight: 172.93

Melting point: 2630°C

Boiling point: N/A

Density: 9.55 g/cm³

Solubility: insoluble in water, soluble in acid

Packaging: in plastic bottles, lined with plastic bags and filled with argon gas for protection or according to customer requirements

Properties of Terbium Nitride

Terbium nitride is a black-gray solid, insoluble in water and dilute acids, but soluble in aqua regia and alkali. Terbium nitride exhibits good thermal stability at high temperatures, which gives it potential for high-temperature applications. Terbium nitride has high chemical stability and does not react with common acids and bases at high temperatures, but it does react with some oxidants. 

Uses of Terbium Nitride

Terbium nitride is widely used in high-end ceramics, luminescent materials, special metallurgy, petrochemicals, artificial crystals, magnetic materials, displays, high-temperature electrical coupling materials and composite materials.

Catalyst

Terbium nitride is a very effective catalyst mainly used in hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions. In the petroleum industry, it is widely used in petroleum hydrocracking and hydrodesulfurization reactions. In addition, it can also be used as a catalyst for ammonia synthesis, and its activity is equivalent to that of the Pt-Re system.

Superconducting materials

Terbium nitride is a high-temperature superconducting material with a superconducting transition temperature of about 17K. Although this temperature is relatively low compared to other superconducting materials, it has a very high upper critical field (Hc2), which many other high-temperature superconducting materials do not have. Temperature superconducting materials. This makes argon nitride advantageous in high magnetic field and high current applications.

Electronics and Magnetism

Terbium nitride is a material with high magnetocrystalline anisotropy and has a wide range of applications in the fields of magnetism and electronics. For example, it can be used to manufacture magnetic memory devices and magneto-optical devices. In addition, due to its special electronic structure, terbium nitride is used to study the interaction between electronic structure and magnetic behavior.

Ceramic material

Terbium nitride can be used as an additive for ceramic materials due to its high melting point and high hardness. The addition of terbium nitride improves the wear resistance and strength of ceramic materials.

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