Boron carbide and method for making same
AssigneesCentre National De La Recherche Scient., European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris)
InventorsYann Le Godec, Mohamed Mezouar, Denis Andrault, Vladimir Solozhenko, Oleksandr Kurakevych
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Abstract
The invention relates to boron carbide and to a method for making the same, as well as to a super-abrasive material and a machine device including said boron carbide. The boron carbide of the invention has the following formula BC5 and has a diamond-type cubic structure with a mesh parameter a=3.635±0.006 Å. The boron carbide of the invention can particularly be used in the field of machining.
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A boron carbide having the formula BC5 which has a diamond-type cubic structure with a lattice parameter a=3.635±0.006 Å.
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