Constituent
Name
TaC
Official name
Tantalum carbide
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
carbide
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$Ta^{4+}C^{4-}$
Chemical formula
TaC
Elemental formula
Ta C
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Ta$ Tantalum element 1 0.5 1 constituent element main
$C$ Carbon element 1 0.5 1 constituent element main
Class
tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type
one metal and one non-metal (or metalloid) tridimensional networks (11.04)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
isometric (cubic)
Crystal class
hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol
m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup
Fm-3m
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
192.96 $g/mol$
Density
14.37 (calc.) - 14.6 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
isotropic
Color
brown-grey, bronze
Diaphaneity
opaque
Luster
metallic