Boron Carbide (B4C)
Boron carbide, also known as black diamond because of its exceptional hardness, second only to diamond and boron nitride. This high-performance abrasive material possesses chemical and physical characteristics similar to diamond.
Characteristics
Great hardness
With a hardness of 9.3 on the Mohs scale, it is only less hard than diamond and boron nitride.
Wear resistance
Extends component life significantly.
Applications
- Roughing, grinding and polishing of tungsten carbide and other hard materials such as different types of ceramics, minerals, glass, etc.
- Nuclear applications, like an absorber for neutron radiation.
- Solid rocket fuel
- Metallurgical refractory with high resistance to corrosion and oxygen.
- Additive for sintering of silicon carbide parts and diamond tools.
- Steel modification component with high boron content.
- Boronisation
