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The chemical properties of amorphous boron are more active than those of crystalline boron

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What is amorphous boron powder? The chemical properties of amorphous boron are more active than those of crystalline boron. Crystalline boron is so hard that it is often used instead of a diamond to make cutting tools or drill bits. In the metal smelting process to add a small amount of boron, on the one hand as a deoxidizer, to prevent metal oxidation at high temperature; On the other hand, the formation of alloy, improve the performance of the metal.
Amorphous boron powder is a kind of important energy material, in a composite solid propellant as a solid fuel, the calorific value of the boron is twice as tall as carbon above, is about 2 times of aluminum, magnesium, more than 2 times, its volume is almost three times the hydrocarbon fuel heating value, density is only slightly lower than aluminum, with the highest volume calorific value, in terms of its energy, b should be the best fuel, not of metal. The ignition temperature of amorphous boron decreases greatly because of its irregular shape and large specific surface area.
Characteristics of amorphous boron powder
Amorphous boron powder is an odorless dark brown powder that is stable in air at room temperature and can be oxidized when heated to 300 and ignite when heated to 700. As a kind of boron fine chemical product, it is widely used in metallurgy, synthesis, aerospace and other fields. Commonly used as a deoxidizer, automobile airbag initiator, rocket fuel ignition agent, etc.
The chemical properties of amorphous boron are more active than those of crystalline boron. Crystalline boron is so hard that it is often used instead of diamond in making cutting tools or drill bits. In the metal smelting process to add a small amount of boron, on the one hand as a deoxidizer, to prevent metal oxidation at high temperature; On the other hand, the formation of alloy, improve the mechanical properties of metal. Boron copper, for example, is used to making control rods for atomic reactors. Boron powder is a black or dark brown powder, can react with fluorine at room temperature, not by hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution corrosion. Boron powder is insoluble in water, but soluble in boiling nitric and sulfuric acid and most molten metals such as copper, iron, manganese, aluminum and calcium. It is widely used in metallurgy, electronics, medicine, ceramics, nuclear industry, chemical industry and other fields.
The application of boron powder
1. Explosive additive, boron should be the best nonmetallic fuel in terms of its energy. The ignition temperature of boron powder decreases greatly because of its irregular shape and large specific surface area
2. Boron powder is also an important raw material for the manufacture of high-purity boron halide and the preparation of other boride raw materials;
3. Oxygen-free copper smelting deoxidizer, adding a small amount of boron powder in the metal smelting process, on the one hand as a deoxidizer, to prevent metal oxidation at high temperature;
4. Boron powder is used as an alloy component in special metal products to form alloys and improve the mechanical properties of metals.
5. Boron powder can also be used for welding additives;
6. Boron powder for solid rocket propellant;
7. Boron powder for automotive airbag initiator;
8. Magnesium carbon brick additive for the high-temperature furnace of steelmaking.
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