Tantalum Carbide

Tantalum Carbide

compound
TaC

One of the hardest and highest-melting compounds known to science

Tantalum carbide melts at nearly 4000 °C — one of the highest melting points of any known material.

Material

Gallery canvas set in a solid wood floating frame.

Frame

White

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityTantalum(IV) carbide — Fm-3m
FormulaTaC
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupF m -3 m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å4.446, 4.446, 4.446
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)