Boron Carbide | Contract Manufacturing Boron Carbide Powder
What is Boron Carbide?
Boron Carbide is a ceramic powder that is known for its extremely hard nature. It is one of the hardest substances in the world and this makes it a key element in the creation of tank armor and bulletproof along with countless other industrial applications. Sieving Boron Carbide can be a difficult process due to the stickiness of the product and the abrasiveness of it. Boron carbide typically does not flow well and this can make sieving difficult as well.
Applications
The ability of boron carbide to absorb neutrons without forming long-lived radionuclides makes it attractive as an absorbent for neutron radiation arising in nuclear power plants and from anti-personnel neutron bombs. Nuclear applications of boron carbide include shielding, control rods, and shutdown pellets. Within control rods, boron carbide is often powdered, to increase its surface area. source: wikipedia
What color is boron carbide?
Boron Carbide is dark gray or black powder and is odorless. Boron Carbide also has a melting point of 2,763 °C (5,005 °F; 3,036 K). Boron carbide is known as a robust material having extremely high hardness (about 9.5 up to 9.75 on Mohs hardness scale. source: wikipedia
Boron Carbide Uses
Boron Carbide has many uses, some of which include:
- Padlocks
- Personal and vehicle anti-ballistic armor plating
- Grit blasting nozzles
- High-pressure water jet cutter nozzles
- Scratch and wear resistant coatings
- Cutting tools and dies
- Abrasives
- Neutron absorber in nuclear reactors
- Metal matrix composites
- High energy fuel for solid fuel Ramjets Zip fuel
- In brake linings of vehicles
Contract Manufacturing Experience
Elcan Industries has successfully separated boron carbide down to 10 microns. Sieving boron carbide requires a high amount of vertical energy being put into the screen cloth, to prevent the screen from being overloaded. The tensionless sieve cloth prevents the screen from stretching and allows for longer screen life. Classifying boron carbide below 10 microns is a process that can be done efficiently on the Elbow Jet Air Classifier. If you would like to schedule a test trial to run Boron Carbide powder at our toll processing facility, contact us today at (914) 381–7500. www.elcanindustries.com