BORON CARBIDE is one of the hardest man-made materials available in commercial quantities that has a finite melting point low enough to permit its relatively easy fabrication into shapes.
BORON CARBIDE, due to its high hardness, chemical inertness, and high neutron absorption cross section, is well suited to a variety of industrial applications including:
High Purity BORON CARBIDE:
· Wear parts such as blasting nozzles, wire-drawing dies, powdered metal and ceramic forming dies, thread guides, and armor.
· Abrasives for lapping and ultrasonic cutting.
· Nuclear applications such as reactor control rods and neutron absorbing shielding.
Technical Grade BORON CARBIDE:
· Anti-oxidant in carbon-bonded refractory mixes.