Boron Carbide is one of the hardest man-made materials available.Boron Carbide is widely used in boriding refractory, ion transf
Characters
1 Extreme hardness Moh's hardness 9.36
2 Difficult to sinter to high relative density without the use of sintering aids 3 Good chemical resistance 4 Good nuclear properties
5 High temperature low density resistance gravity: 2.52g/cm3 smelting point: 2450°C
Application
1 Due to its extreme hardness it has good wear and abrasive resistance then it can be used as not only lapping and polishing material such as the polishing of high speed steel but also cutting tools for hard metal wire drawing dies abrasive tools with high abrasive and wear resistance sealed washer (gasket) and the nozzles for water jet cutters slurry pumping grit blashing etc
2 To take place of diamond in the processing of semiprecious gems such as ruby synthetic corundum etc
3 As the raw material for refractory industry special welding etc
4 To be used as raw material for ballistic armour and relative products
5 Due to its capability to generate tremendous amount of heat in combination with oxygen boron carbide is used as rocket propellant in aerospace industry
6 It is widely used in nuclear industry for its good absorption of neutron
7 Other using an indispensable material for making boric metal for example titanium boride boric steel etc the models and dies of ceramic tools evaporating boat and parts
For perfect hardness and wear resisitance Boron Carbide is widely used for lapping, polishing and further processing precious jewel etc
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