Boron carbide material with light weight, high hardness, high wear resistance, high impact resistance, absorbs neutrons performance has broad application prospects in the field of high-tech industry, nuclear power technology, and national defense industry, the national economy and national defense construction important strategic material, with a wide range of uses.

Neutron absorption and radiation protection material

B element has up to 600barn neutron absorption cross section, the main choice of materials for nuclear reactors deceleration components - control rods or nuclear reactor radiation components.

2, composite armor materials

Use of lightweight, super-hard and high modulus and other characteristics as light body armor and bulletproof armor material. Bulletproof boron carbide production agriculture, to 50% lighter than the same type of steel body armor. Boron carbide while onshore armored vehicles, helicopter gunships and the airliner important bulletproof armor material.

AH-64 Apache (AH-64 Apazhe) Super Cobra (Super Cobra), Super Puma (Super Puma), Black Hawk (Black Hawk) and other helicopter so just a boron carbide armor

3, the semiconductor industry element and the thermoelectric element

The boron carbide ceramic having semiconductor characteristics, and good thermal conductivity properties, can be used as a high-temperature semiconductor components, but also can be used in the semiconductor industry the gas distribution plate, the focus ring, microwave or infrared windows, DC plug, etc.. B4C with C can be used as a high temperature thermocouple elements, temperature up to 2300 ° C, the thermoelectric device also can be used as anti-radiation.

4, the mechanical seal parts

Boron carbide superhard characteristics and excellent wear resistance, so that it become an important material for the mechanical seal. Because of its relatively high cost, mainly used in some special mechanical seal occasions.

5, the nozzle material

The extreme hardness of boron carbide, and the excellent wear resistance, makes it important nozzle material. Boron carbide nozzle with a long life, relatively low-cost, time-saving, efficiency advantages. Boron carbide nozzle life is several times the nozzle of alumina, is many times higher than the life of the nozzle of WC and SiC should.