Titanium diboride: Difference between revisions

'''Titanium Diboride''' (chemical formula BTiB₂Ti ) is an extremely hard ceramic material (33GPa) with excellent corrosion resistance at high temperatures and very good [[wear resistance]] which does not occur naturally in earth. Many BTiB₂Ti applications are inhibited by economic factors, particularly the costs of densifying a high melting point material. Current use of this material appears to be limited to specialized applications in such areas as impact resistant [[armor]], cutting tools, crucibles and wear resistant coatings. It is also used as an inoculant to refine the grain size when casting aluminium alloys.

Thin layers of BTiB₂Ti have a wide range of potential industrial applications due to the wear and corrosion resistance properties that BTiB₂Ti can provide to a cheap and/or though substrate. The [[electroplating]] of BTiB₂Ti layers posses two main advantages compared with plasma ([[PVD]], [[CVD]]) methods: the growing rate of the layer is 200 times higher (up to 5μms^−1) and the inconveniences of covering complex shaped products are dramatically reduced.