BORON CARBIDE

Product Name: Boron Carbide

Description: Boron Carbide is part of the most important group of non-metallic hard materials. Its outstanding properties are extreme hardness, corrosion resistance to many reactive chemicals, excellent hot strength, very low specific gravity and high elastic modulus. Boron Carbide is used for tool and die fabrication, finishing of ceramics and other hard materials, ultrasonic drilling, metallurgy, and nuclear technology.

              Chemistry                         Formula              Typical %

              Boron Carbide                   B₄C                     98.5

              Boron                                 B                          77

              Carbon                               C                          21.5

Crystal Structure: Rhombohedral

Specific Gravity (kg/m³): 2510

Melting Point (^oC): 2450

Boiling Point (^oC): 3500

Knoop Hardness (N/mm²): 3000

Color: Black