I-Boron carbide (ifomula yeekhemikhali i-B4C) yimathiriyeli ye-ceramic eqine ngokugqithisileyo esetyenziswa kwisikrweqe setanki, iivesti zembumbulu kunye nezicelo ezininzi zemizi-mveliso.Ubunzima bayo be-Mohs yi-9.3, kwaye yinto yesihlanu enzima eyaziwayo emva kwedayimane, i-cubic boron nitride, i-fullerene compounds kunye ne-diamond monolithic tubes.

Iipropati ze-B4C

I-1) Eyona nto ibalulekileyo yokusebenza kwe-boron carbide ilele kubunzima bayo obungaqhelekanga (ubunzima be-Mohs be-9.3), okwesibini kuphela kwidayimane kunye ne-cubic boron nitride, kwaye yeyona nto ifanelekileyo yokumelana nobushushu obuphezulu;

(2) Ubuninzi be-boron carbide buncinci kakhulu, eyona nto ilula phakathi kwezinto ze-ceramic kwaye ingasetyenziselwa kwintsimi ye-aerospace;

(3) I-Boron carbide inomthamo oqinileyo wokufunxa i-neutron.Xa kuthelekiswa nezinto ezicocekileyo ze-B kunye ne-Cd, ineendleko eziphantsi, ukumelana nokugqwala okuhle kunye nokuzinza okuhle kwe-thermal.Isetyenziswa kakhulu kwishishini lenyukliya.IBoron carbide inomthamo olungileyo wokufunxa ineutron.Uphuculo olongezelelweyo ngokongeza isiqalelo esingu-B;

(4) I-Boron carbide ineempawu ezintle zeekhemikhali.Ayinakusabela nge-acids, i-alkali kunye neyona nto ininzi ye-inorganic compounds kwiqondo lokushisa.I-corrodes kuphela ngokucothayo kumxube we-hydrofluoric acid-sulfuric acid kunye ne-hydrofluoric acid-nitric acid.Yeyona propati izinzileyo yeekhemikhali.Enye yeekhompawundi;

(5) I-Boron carbide nayo ineenzuzo zenqanaba eliphezulu lokunyibilika, imodyuli ephezulu ye-elastic, i-coefficient ephantsi yokwandisa kunye nomthamo omhle wokufunxa i-oxygen;

(6) I-Boron carbide nayo i-p-type semiconductor material, enokugcina iimpawu ze-semiconductor nakwiqondo lokushisa eliphezulu kakhulu.