Chinese name: samarium hexaboride
English name: Samarium hexaborate
CAS: 12008-30-9
Chemical formula: SmB6
Molecular weight: 215.22
Density: 5,07 g/cm3 at 25 °C
Melting point: 2580 °C
Storage condition: room temperature

Nature:
1. Samarium boride is a blue-black crystal;
2. Samarium hexaboride has a high melting point of 2580 degrees Celsius;
3. With high conductivity;
4. It has stable chemical properties;
5. Low work function, 3.5eV;
6. Rare earth hexaborides are strongly correlated systems containing plant electrons, and therefore exhibit various exotic electronic properties: superconductivity, excellent electron emission properties, Kondo effect, mixed valence states, and topological properties.
Purpose:
1. Photoelectric field;
2. Electronics;
3. The field of new two-dimensional electronic devices;
4. Quantum computer field.