Tungsten carbide

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Product Name: Tungsten carbide
CAS No.: 12070-12-1
Chemical Name: Tungsten carbide
Synonyms: ncic61198;Wolframcarbid;Nitinol Sheets;tungsten cabide;Tungsten carbid;Wolfram carbide;Tunsten carbide;TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;tungstencarbide(wc);tungsteniomethanide
CBNumber: CB5174366
Molecular Formula: CW
Formula Weight: 195.85
MOL File: 12070-12-1.mol

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Tungsten carbide Property

Melting point:: 2870°C
Boiling point:: 6000°C
Density: 15,63 g/cm³
solubility: insoluble in H2O; soluble in HNO3/HF
form: powder
color: Gray
Specific Gravity: 15.63
Resistivity: 19.2 (ρ/μΩ.cm)
Water Solubility: Soluble in nitric acid and hydrofluroic acid. Insoluble in water.
Crystal Structure: Hexagonal
Merck: 14,9815
Exposure limits: ACGIH: TWA 3 mg/m3
NIOSH: TWA 5 mg/m3; STEL 10 mg/m3
IARC: 2A (Vol. 86) 2006
EPA Substance Registry System: Tungsten monocarbide (12070-12-1)

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Safety

Hazard Codes: T
Risk Statements: 23
Safety Statements: 22-24/25
RIDADR: UN3178
WGK Germany: -
RTECS: YO7250000
TSCA: Yes
HazardClass: 4.1
PackingGroup: III
HS Code: 28499020

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Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Hazard statements

H228Flammable solid

Precautionary statements

P210Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. — No smoking.

P240Ground/bond container and receiving equipment.

P241Use explosion-proof electrical/ventilating/lighting/…/equipment.

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

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N-Bromosuccinimide Price

Sigma-Aldrich

Product number: 778346
Product name: Tungsten(IV) carbide
Purity: nanopowder, hexagonal, 150-200nm, ≥99% trace metals basis
Packaging: 25g
Price: $109
Updated: 2024/03/01

Sigma-Aldrich

Product number: 241881
Product name: Tungsten(IV) carbide
Purity: powder, 2μm, ≥99%
Packaging: 100g
Price: $234
Updated: 2024/03/01

Alfa Aesar

Product number: 012482
Product name: Tungsten carbide
Purity: 99.5% (metals basis)
Packaging: 100g
Price: $97.1
Updated: 2024/03/01

Alfa Aesar

Product number: 012482
Product name: Tungsten carbide
Purity: 99.5% (metals basis)
Packaging: 500g
Price: $325
Updated: 2023/06/20

Strem Chemicals

Product number: 93-7431
Product name: Tungsten carbide (99.5%-W)
Packaging: 50g
Price: $37
Updated: 2024/03/01

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Tungsten carbide Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Physical properties

Tungsten carbide is a dense, metal-like substance, light gray with a bluish tinge, that decomposes, rather than melts, at 2,600º C (4,700º F). Tungsten carbide has very high strength for a material so hard and rigid. Compressive strength is higher than virtually all melted and cast or forged metals and alloys; and is two to three times as rigid as steel and four to six times as rigid as cast iron and brass. High resistance to deformation and deflection is very valuable in those many applications where a combination of minimum deflection and good ultimate strength merits first consideration. For such a hard material with very high rigidity the impact resistance is high because it is in the range of hardened tool steels of lower hardness and compressive strength. It also performs well up to about 1000°F in oxidizing atmospheres and to 1500°F in non-oxidizing atmospheres; it undergoes no phase changes during heating and cooling, retains its stability indefinitely; and retains toughness and impact strength in the cryogenic temperature ranges. (-453°F.)

Tungsten carbide has exceptional resistance to galling and welding at the surface, and has sufficient resistance to corrosion-wear conditions for many applications. Tungsten carbide wears up to 100 times longer than steel in conditions including abrasion, erosion and galling. Wear resistance of tungsten carbide is better than that of wear-resistance tool steels.

Uses

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Industry

Application

Role/benefit

Mining

Making mining tips, drill bits, and other cutting and mining tools

Raw material/extreme hardness and resistance to wear and tear

Cutting and milling

Manufacture of mill products and cutting tools for machining

Raw material/extreme hardness, resistance to high temperature and good formability

Jewelry

Crafting rings, pendants, earrings and other jewelry

Raw material/extreme hardness and high resistance to scratching

Medicine

Manufacture of surgical instruments

Raw material/extreme hardness and high resistance to pitting and rusting

Ammunition

Armor-piercing ammunition

Raw material/combination of great hardness and very high density

Nuclear

Neutron reflector

Reflector material

Sports

Tips of ski pole

Raw material/increase resistance to wear and service life

Drive tracks of snowmobiles and motorcycle and bicycle tires

Farriery and shoes sole

Catalyst

Production of water from hydrogen and oxygen at room temperature

Replacement of platinum

Reduction of tungsten trioxide by hydrogen in the presence of water

Isomerization of 2,2-dimethylpropane to 2-methylbutane

Hydrazine-powered satellite thrusters

Replacement of iridium

Others

Rotating ball in the tips of ballpoint pens

Extreme hardness and resistance to wear

Manufacture of gauge blocks

Common material

Guitar slide

Superior sustain and volume than other material slides

Catalytic and fuel cells

Electrode material

Light bulb filaments

Essential component/high temperature resistance and considerable period of using time

SEM probe and field emission electric device

High resolution and good oxidation resistance

Preparation

Tungsten carbide is prepared by heating powdered tungsten with carbon black in the presence of hydrogen at 1,400º1,600º C (2,550º-2,900º F). For fabrication, a process developed in the 1920s is employed: the powdered tungsten carbide is mixed with another powdered metal, usually cobalt, and pressed into the desired shape, then heated to temperatures of 1,400º-1,600º C; the other metal, which melts, wets and partially dissolves the grains of tungsten carbide, thus acting as a binder or cement. The cemented composites of tungsten carbide-cobalt are known by many different trade names, including Widia and Carboloy.

Chemical Properties

Gray powder. Mohs hardness of 9+ in solid form. Insoluble in water but readily attacked by a nitric acid– hydrofluoric acidmixture. Stable to 400C with chlorine, burns in fluorine at room temperature, oxidizes on heating in air.

Physical properties

Gray powder, dissolved by HF=HNO₃mixture. Cutting tools, wear-resistant semiconductor film. Corroded by molten metals Mg, Al, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Nb, and Mo. Corrosion resistant to molten Sn and Ta.

Uses

Tungsten Carbide/Carbon (WC/C) is a black-gray colored coating of hard tungsten carbide particles in a soft amorphous carbon matrix. It is used for precision components with abrasive and adhesive wear, seizure problems (poor lubrication) and for dry machining applications.

Uses

Tungsten carbide is extensively used as a cutting tool for machining and in armor-piercing ammunition. It is also used in farriery, the shoeing of horses as well as to improve traction on slippery surfaces like roads or ice. It finds application in nuclear reactors as an effective neutron reflector. It is also used for making surgical instruments meant for open surgery such as scissors, forceps, hemostats, blade-handles and in laparoscopic surgery instruments such as graspers, cutter, needle holder and cautery. Further, it also used to make the rotating ball in the tips of ballpoint pens, bridal jewelry, and gauge blocks, which is useful for producing precision lengths in dimensional metrology.

Uses

Tungsten carbide is extremely hard and are excellent cutting materials. It is used extensivly in the tool and die industry for drilling and cutting tools, sand blasting nozzels, armor-piercing bullets, and studs to increase traction of tires.
Besides, it is used in dental burs, surgical instruments, wear-resistant coatings; in manufacture of cemented carbide; Substitute for noble metals in catalysis.

Definition

A ditungsten carbide, W2C, with similar physical properties is also known. WC is said to be the strongest of all structural materials.

Definition

A black powder,WC, made by heating powderedtungsten metal with lamp black at1600°C. It is extremely hard (9.5 onMohs’ scale) and is used in dies andcutting tools. A ditungsten carbide,W₂C, also exists.

Hazard

Toxic by inhalation.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Industrial uses

Tungsten carbide with a 3 to 20% matrix ofcobalt is the most common structural RHM. Thelow-cobalt grades are used for applicationsrequiring wear resistance; the high-cobalt gradesserve where impact resistance is required.

Safety Profile

Chronic inhalation causes lung damage in humans. Ignites at 600°C in nitrogen oxide atmospheres. Violent reaction with F2, ClF3, NOx, IF5, PbO2, NO2, N20. See also TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS.

Tungsten carbide Preparation Products And Raw materials

Raw materials

Tungsten trioxide Pure hydrogen Carbon Black Tungsten Carbon

Preparation Products

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Zhuozhou Wenxi import and Export Co., Ltd

Product: TUNGSTEN CARBIDE 12070-12-1
Price: US $15.00-10.00/KG
Min. Order: 1KG
Purity: 99%+ HPLC
Supply Ability: Monthly supply of 1 ton
Release date: 2021-06-27

Career Henan Chemical Co

Product: TUNGSTEN CARBIDE 12070-12-1
Price: US $1.00/KG
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Purity: 99%
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Release date: 2019-07-09

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