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Washington Mills Boron Carbide (B4C)

Boron Carbide (B4C) 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. Some of Boron Carbide’s unique properties include: high hardness, chemical inertness, and a high neutron absorbing cross section. Washington Mills is the only manufacturer of Boron Carbide (B4C) crude in North America.

Chemical Name: Boron Carbide

CAS Number: 12069-32-8

Features: Chemical Resistance, Low Melting Point

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235-111-5
CAS No.
12069-32-8

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Boron Carbide is well suited to a variety of industrial applications including:

  • Abrasives for lapping and ultrasonic cutting.
  • Anti-oxidant in carbon-bonded refractory mixes.
  • Armor
  • Nuclear applications such as reactor control rods and neutron absorbing shielding.
  • Wear parts such as blasting nozzles, wire-drawing dies, powdered metal and ceramic forming dies, thread guides.