CAS 12008-21-8 Lanthanum Boride - Materials / Alfa Chemistry

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Lanthanum Boride

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Catalog Number

ACM12008218

CAS Number

12008-21-8

Product Name

Lanthanum Boride

Structure

Category

3D Printing Materials

Synonyms

Lanthanum hexaboride; Lanthanum boride, powder, -325 mesh, 99.5% trace metals basis; MFCD00151350; Lanthanum Hexaboride Nanoparticles; FT-0693450; 12008-21-8; Lanthanum hexaboride LaB6 GRADE B;

Description

Lanthanum Boride is mainly made into Lanthanum Boride (LaB6) hot cathode which electronic source is used as electronic source for electron microscopy, electron-beam exposure machine.

IUPAC Name

lanthanum;2,3,5,6-tetrabora-1,4-diboranuidapentacyclo[3.1.0.01,3.02,4.04,6]hexane;

Molecular Weight

204g/mol

Molecular Formula

LaB6

Canonical SMILES

B12B3[B-]14B5[B-]23B45.[La];

InChI

InChI=1S/B6.La/c1-2-5(1)3-4(5)6(1,2)3;/q-2;;

InChI Key

IBDHMAYMLSYGAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N;

Melting Point

2210°C

Density

2.61g/mL

Solubility

Soluble in water, moderately soluble in strong mineral acids

Appearance

purple powder

Application

LaB6 is also used as a size/strain standard in X-ray powder diffraction to calibrate instrumental broadening of diffraction peaks. Lanthanum Boride powder can be further processed to various shapes of rods, tubes, discs and special designed form.

Storage

Room temperature

Complexity

132

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

EC Number

234-531-6

Exact Mass

203.966g/mol

Formal Charge

-2

Heavy Atom Count