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The boron-carbide crystal is rhombohedral in structure. Its crystal lattice is the D3d5R3m space lattice. The rhombohedral lattice can be described as an icosahedron-shaped primitive cell grid that extends diagonally in the space. The c-axis is the same as the diagonal of the area. A linear chain is formed by connecting three boron-atoms to an adjacent icosahedron. Three of the 12 icosahedral position are found on the chain. If B is due to the icosahedron’s position and C is in a chain, the stoichiometry is B4C.
1. Basic properties and applications for boron carbide
Low density
B4C density is small at 2.52g/cm3. The empirical formula (9) can be used to express the relationship between carbon content and density in the homogeneous area.
r=2.4224+0.00489C%(9)
Because of the low density of the boron carbide, when the density is increased, the performance of the boron carbide can be reached, with high strength, high toughness and other excellent performances. Therefore, it can also be used as lightweight armor for tanks and other vehicle bodies to reduce their weight. Save energy.
Hardness and wear resistant
B4C exhibits super hardness, and is highly resistant to wear. In the homogeneous area, B4C’s Vickers Hardness increases as the C content increases. The hardness of carbon is 29.1 GPa when carbon is 10.6%. When carbon is 20%, hardness 21 reaches 37.7 GPa. At high temperatures, its hardness remains high (>30GPa). You can express the change of hardness in temperature by using empirical formula (10).
H=H0-exp(-aT)(10)
The formula is: H0 – the hardness of the material at room temperatures
Temperature is T.
Carbon is a constant.
This formula applies to 201700. B4C is second only to cubic BN and diamond in terms of hardness.
B4C wear resistance increases with temperature. As the temperature increases, the friction coefficient of B4C decreases. It drops to 0.05 between 20 and 1400, while the friction rate continues to decline. B4C’s super hardness and friction properties have made it a popular nozzle for sandblasting.
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