What Makes Titanium Diboride Unique?

Introduction

Titanium diboride is a transition metal boride with exceptional hardness, high melting point, and outstanding electrical conductivity. It is used in various applications that require these properties.

Applications of Titanium Diboride

Probably the most important metal boride from a technical perspective is titanium diboride. These properties qualified titanium diboride for use in hot-pressed composite materials with exceptional electrical conductivity. Examples include evaporation boats for continuous aluminum metallization, crucible material for non-ferrous metals, ceramic shell molds used in aluminum production, and hot-pressed armor plates.

Properties of Titanium Diboride

Titanium diboride is very hard, which makes it suitable for applications that require high durability. And the best part is that, unlike other coatings, TiB2 does not react with aluminum, preventing metal particles from adhering to your tools. This ensures trouble-free machining.

Production and Application of Titanium Diboride

As a ceramic material, titanium diboride has to be compacted at high temperatures between 1 700 and 2 000 °C. That is why we use hot pressing techniques to produce our targets and achieve at least 98 % of the theoretical density. Hard material titanium diboride coatings are applied to the tool using the magnetron sputtering process.

Supply of Titanium Diboride Products

For this type of application, Advanced Ceramic Materials (ACM) can supply pure ceramic TiB2 sputtering targets and bonded targets on molybdenum or copper backplates. These backplates make our bonded targets stable, breakage-resistant, and easy to use. We generally use indium as our solder material.

Conclusion

Titanium diboride is a unique material with exceptional properties that make it suitable for various applications. It is used in many industries and can be produced with high precision using hot pressing techniques. At Advanced Ceramic Materials (ACM), we supply high-quality ceramics and related products to meet our customers' R&D and production needs. For more information, please visit https://www.preciseceramic.com/.