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Cerium Hexaboride Powder Properties

Cerium Boride Powder

Compound Formula	CeB6
Molecular Weight	204.98
Appearance	Purple
Melting Point	2552°C
Density	4.80-4.87 g/cm3
Solubility in water	insoluble
Crystal structure	Cubic

Cerium Hexaboride Powder Description

Cerium Boride, also called Cerium Hexaboride or CeB6, is a refractory ceramic material. The principal use of cerium hexaboride is a coating of hot cathodes, or hot cathodes made of cerium hexaboride crystals. It usually operates at temperature of 1450 °C.

Borides are hard, high-melting materials with metal-like conductivity, and they are stable to nonoxidizing acids but break down in strong oxidizing agents and strong alkalis. Borides are used in semiconductors, superconductors, diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, turbine blades, and rocket nozzles.

Material Data for LaB₆ and CeB₆

Parameter	Units	LaB₆	CeB₆
Stoichiometry	N/A	~6
Metal Impurities	ppm by wt.	<30>
Density	g/cm³	4.72	4.80
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion	α x 106	5.6	6.2
Electrical Resistivity	uΩ-cm	~50	~65
Effective Work Function (100) at 1800 K	eV	2.70	2.65
Spectral Emissivity at 0.65 microns	N/A	0.765	0.779
Evaporation rate at 1800 K (UHV)	g/cm²/s	2.2 x 10^-9	1.6 x 10^-9
Orientation limit for specific orientation	degrees	<2>
Pyrolitic block mount resistance @ 1800 K	Ohms	1.45

Cerium Hexaboride Powder Applications

-Thermionic emission (cathode)
-Plasma source for plasma enhanced coating(PECVD)
-Vacuum electron beam welding machine
-Electron beam surface reforming device
-Electron beam lithography device
-Transmission electron microscope
-Scanning electron microscope
-Surface analysis device
-Radio therapy devices

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