Cerium Boride (CeB6)
Cerium Boride (CeB6)
Cerium boride, also known as cerium hexaboride or CeB6, is a refractory ceramic material. The main use of cerium hexaboride is a hot cathode coating or a hot cathode made of cerium hexaboride crystals. It usually operates at a temperature of 1450 ° C.
Cerium hexaboride, like lanthanum hexaboride, also evaporates slowly during cathode operation. Under the condition of CeB6 cathode working at 1850 K, CeB6 should maintain the best shape for longer, so the service life is longer. Although this process is 30% slower than lanthanum boride, cerium boride deposits are reported to be more difficult to remove.
Boron Carbide Parts China, advanced ceramics division is a leading supplier of ceramic materials. We offer cerium boride products of high purity and at a competitive price.
Cerium Boride Applications
The main application of Cerium hexaboride (CeB6) is in hot cathodes. Its applications include:
-Thermionic emission (cathode)
-Plasma source for plasma enhanced coating (PECVD)
-Vacuum electron beam welding machine
-Electron beam surface reforming device
-Electron beam lithography device
-Transmission electron microscope
-Scanning electron microscope
-Surface analysis device
-Radiotherapy devices
Our advanced ceramics include Hot pressed Boron Nitride (HBN), Pyrolytic Boron Nitride (PBN), Silicon Nitride (Si3N4), Aluminum Nitride (AlN), Zirconia (ZrO2), Alumina (Al2O3), Lanthanum Hexaboride (LaB6), Cerium Boride (CeB6), Silicon Carbide (SiC), Boron Carbide (B4C), etc. Customized and complex ceramic parts are available on request.
