Lanthanum Boride 99.9%
Lanthanum Boride 99.9%, code 57565
Formula: LaB6
CAS No.: 12008-21-8
Molecular Weight: 203.78
Density: 2.61 g/cm3
Melting point: 2210 °C
Appearance: purple powder
Solubility: Soluble in water, moderately soluble in strong mineral acids
Stability: Easily hygroscopic
Multilingual: LanthanBoride, Boride De Lanthane, Boruro Del Lantano
Lanthanum Boride 99.9% is a superconductor with a relatively low transition temperature of 0.45 K. It is mainly used as electronic source for electron microscopy, electron-beam exposure machine. And it is applied tp LaB6 cathode,filament and glass coating. LaB6 is also used as a size/strain standard in X-ray powder diffraction to calibrate instrumental broadening of diffraction peaks.
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Product Code: 57565 Standard Specification Typical Analysis Inspection Methods
Grade 99.9% 99.9%  
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
LaB6 (% min.) 99.9 99.9
B (% min.) 31 31 Volumetric Method
Impurities % max. %
Fe
Si
Ca
Co
Ni
Cu
W		 0.03
0.015
0.03
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.01		 0.03
0.015
0.03
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.01		 Spectrographic

Atomic Absorption Spectrographic
Processing capacity
Powder Rod Foil Slab Disc
Metal Powder Metal Rod Metal Foil Metal Slab Metal Disc
fineness to
325mesh;
250mesh;
100mesh;
60mesh;
40mesh		 diameter to 5mm, 1cm, 5cm, 10cm, and length to 30cm thickness to 1.0mm, and width to 5cm thickness to 1cm, 2cm, 3cm, width to 20cm thickness to 2mm, 5mm, 10mm and diameter to 20cm
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