thorium carbide Chemical Properties

Melting point:

2500°C

Density 

10.600

solubility 

reacts with H2O

form 

cubic crystals

color 

cubic crystals, crystalline

Resistivity

25.0 (ρ/μΩ.cm)

Water Solubility 

readily hydrolyzes in H2O evolving methane [KIR83]

Crystal Structure

Cubic

Stability:

Readily hydrolyzes in water evolving C2H6

EPA Substance Registry System

Thorium carbide (ThC) (12012-16-7)

thorium carbide Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

-40 mesh with 99.5% purity; fcc, a=0.5346 nm; prepared by reacting stoichiometric amounts of Th and C; reactive, e.g., burns in air to form ThO2; there is a ThC2, 12071-31-7 [KIR83] [CIC73] [CER91]