Titanium carbide

Titanium carbide
Names
	IUPAC name titanium carbide
	Other names titanium(IV) carbide
Identifiers
CAS Number	12070-08-5 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ECHA InfoCard	100.031.916
PubChem CID	4226345;
UNII	7SHTGW5HBI ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10583531 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C.Ti/q-1;+1;
	SMILES [Ti+]#[C-];
Properties
Chemical formula	TiC
Molar mass	59.878 g·mol−1
Appearance	black crystalline powder
Density	4.93 g/cm3
Melting point	3,160 °C (5,720 °F; 3,430 K)
Boiling point	4,820 °C (8,710 °F; 5,090 K)
Solubility in water	insoluble in water
Magnetic susceptibility (χ)	+8.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Crystal structure	Cubic, cF8
Space group	Fm3m, No. 225
Coordination geometry	Octahedral
Related compounds
Related compounds	Zirconium carbide; Hafnium carbide; Beryllium carbide; Vanadium carbide; Tungsten carbide; Molybdenum carbide; Diamond; Silicon carbide; Titanium nitride;
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Titanium carbide, Ti C, is an extremely hard (Mohs 9–9.5) refractory ceramic material, similar to tungsten carbide. It has the appearance of black powder with the sodium chloride (face-centered cubic) crystal structure.

It occurs in nature as a form of the very rare mineral khamrabaevite (Russian: Хамрабаевит) - (Ti,V,Fe)C. It was discovered in 1984 on Mount Arashan in the Chatkal District, USSR (modern Kyrgyzstan), near the Uzbek border. The mineral was named after Ibragim Khamrabaevich Khamrabaev, director of Geology and Geophysics of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Its crystals as found in nature range in size from 0.1 to 0.3 mm.