Titanium nitride

Titanium nitride (TiN; sometimes known as tinite) is an extremely hard ceramic material, often used as a physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating on titanium alloys, steel, carbide, and aluminium components to improve the substrate's surface properties.

Titanium nitride
Names
IUPAC name
Titanium nitride
Other names
Titanium(III) nitride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ECHA InfoCard 100.042.819
EC Number
  • 247-117-5
UNII
  • InChI=1S/N.Ti
  • N#[Ti]
Properties
TiN
Molar mass 61.874 g/mol
Appearance Brown as a pure solid, coating of golden color
Odor Odorless
Density 5.21 g/cm3
Melting point 2,947 °C (5,337 °F; 3,220 K)
insoluble
+38×10−6 emu/mol
Thermal conductivity 29 W/(m·K) (323 K)
Structure
Face-centered cubic (FCC), cF8
Fm3m, No. 225
a = 0.4241 nm
4
Octahedral
Thermochemistry
24 J/(K·mol) (500 K)
−95.7 J/(K·mol)
−336 kJ/mol
Related compounds
Related coating
Titanium aluminum nitride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Applied as a thin coating, TiN is used to harden and protect cutting and sliding surfaces, for decorative purposes (for its golden appearance), and as a non-toxic exterior for medical implants. In most applications a coating of less than 5 micrometres (0.00020 in) is applied.

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