boron carbide
noun
: a refractory shiny black crystalline compound B4C that is one of the hardest known materials and is used especially in abrasives and as a structural reinforcing material
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The image shows the nanowire arrays in the cotton fabric, and a cross-section diagram of the carbon microfiber coated with boron carbide nanowires.
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Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2010
The counter is to make armor harder, by adding ultra-hard ceramic plates made out of materials like boron carbide.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2022
The addition of silicon to boron carbide armor reduces the phase transformation by some 30 percent.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Jan. 2020
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Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2010
The counter is to make armor harder, by adding ultra-hard ceramic plates made out of materials like boron carbide.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2022
The addition of silicon to boron carbide armor reduces the phase transformation by some 30 percent.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Jan. 2020
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