Rare-Earth Metal Hexaborides

Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Mikail Aslan, Cengiz Bozada

• Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
• Year: 2008
• ISBN:
  9789815124576
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Inorganic Chemistry

Rare-earth hexaborides are a group of materials composed of octahedral boron units. They are useful for making advanced ceramics that have a wide range of industrial applications due to their low electronic work functions, hardness, refractory properties, low electrical resistances and specific thermal expansion coefficients. Rare-Earth Metal Hexaborides: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications provides a quick reference on rare-earth metal hexaborides and their engineering applications. It provides a primer on rare earth elements followed by details of rare-earth hexaboride structures, synthetic methods, and information about their alloys and ceramic composites. References to scholarly research are also provided for assisting advanced readers. This reference is a handy source of information for chemical engineering and materials science scholars, and anyone interested in the applied chemistry of rare-earth metals and borides.

Table of contents

• Welcome
• Table of Content
• Title
• BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• The Rare-Earth Elements
• The Rare-Earth Hexaborides
• The Structures of Rare-Earth Hexaborides
• The Rare-Earth Hexaborides Production Methods
• The Rare-Earth Hexaboride-Based Alloys
• The Rare-Earth Hexaboride Based Composites
• CONCLUSION