Lanthanum Boride

Catalog Number

ACM12008218

CAS

12008-21-8

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.

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;

IUPAC Name

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

Structure

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;;

InChIKey

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

Stability

Easily hygroscopic

Specification

99.9% 99% 98%

※ It should be noted that our product is only used for research, not for clinical use.