Talk:Hafnium carbide

Refractory?
With such a high melting point (the highest of any binary compound according to hafnium), why is it important to avoid heat (twice!) and open flames? All around this stuff sounds pretty inert.


 * Could be subtle vandalism.


 * The thought crossed my mind, but it just looks really careless. So do we have a connoisseur in the house? ;v) Or was hafnium carbide near a heat source on the USS Maine? Potatoswatter 04:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Refractory means that the melting point under vacuum is very high. HfC starts oxidizing (in the presence of an oxidizer of course) at 430C.Apirkle (talk) 20:17, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Nuclear control rods?
Removed reference to use of HfC in nuclear control rods. I can't find any reference to that application aside from this Wikipedia article.Apirkle (talk) 20:16, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

What electrical and thermal conductivity
What electrical and thermal conductivity for HfC of particular compositions ? Band gap ? Temp-co ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:36, 25 October 2021 (UTC)