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Providing both thermal and oxidation resistance, tantalum carbide and niobium carbide are also used as grain growth inhibitors in tungsten carbide and as intermediates in the cemented carbide process.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheading-new col-blk mar-tp-40\">Characteristics<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tantalum Carbides<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mar-tp-0 list-look\">\n<li>Brown to dark brown powder having a cubic structure<\/li>\n<li>Density @ 14.3 g\/cm\u00b3<\/li>\n<li>Melting point @ 3880 deg C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Niobium Carbides<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mar-tp-0 list-look\">\n<li>Brown-gray metallic powder<\/li>\n<li>Extremely hard refractory ceramic material<\/li>\n<li>Density @ 7.82 g\/cm\u00b3<\/li>\n<li>Melting point @ 3608 deg C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":107,"template":"","metal_types":[123],"metal_form":[23],"industry":[27,39],"applications":[48,66,77,100],"service_form":[],"class_list":["post-106","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","metal_types-carbides","metal_form-powder","industry-automotive","industry-industrial","applications-additives","applications-cutting-tools","applications-machining-forging-aluminum","applications-tools"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tantalum &amp; Niobium Carbides | Kymera International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kymerainternational.com\/product\/tantalum-niobium-carbides\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tantalum &amp; Niobium Carbides | Kymera International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Description The unique properties of tantalum and niobium make them a perfect application for cutting tools and for use in such industries as automotive, energy exploration and metalworking. 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