I-Boron carbide (ifomula yamakhemikhali i-B4C) iyimpahla yobumba eqinile esetshenziswa ezikhalini zethangi, amavesti angangenwa izinhlamvu kanye nezinhlelo eziningi zezimboni.Ubulukhuni bayo be-Mohs bungu-9.3, futhi iyinto yesihlanu eyaziwa kanzima kunazo zonke ngemva kwedayimane, i-cubic boron nitride, izinhlanganisela ze-fulerene namashubhu e-diamond monolithic.

Izakhiwo ze-B4C

I-1) Ukusebenza okubaluleke kakhulu kwe-boron carbide kusebukhuni bayo obungavamile (ukuqina kwe-Mohs kwe-9.3), okungokwesibili ngemuva kwedayimane ne-cubic boron nitride, futhi iyimpahla efanelekile kakhulu ekwazi ukumelana nokushisa okuphezulu;

(2) Ubuningi be-boron carbide buncane kakhulu, obulula kakhulu phakathi kwezinto zobumba futhi bungasetshenziswa endaweni ye-aerospace;

(3) I-Boron carbide inamandla okumunca i-neutron.Uma iqhathaniswa nezinto ezihlanzekile B kanye ne-Cd, inezindleko eziphansi, ukumelana nokugqwala okuhle kanye nokuzinza okuhle kokushisa.Isetshenziswa kabanzi embonini yenuzi.I-Boron carbide inomthamo omuhle wokumunca i-neutron.Ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo ngokwengeza isici esingu-B;

(4) I-Boron carbide inezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zamakhemikhali.Ayisabeli nama-acids, ama-alkali kanye nezinhlanganisela eziningi ezingaphili ekamelweni lokushisa.Igqwala kancane kuphela engxubeni ye-hydrofluoric acid-sulfuric acid ne-hydrofluoric acid-nitric acid.Iyindawo yamakhemikhali ezinzile kakhulu.Enye yezinhlanganisela;

(5) I-Boron carbide nayo inezinzuzo zendawo yokuncibilika ephezulu, i-modulus ephezulu yokunwebeka, i-coefficient ephansi yokwandisa kanye nekhono elihle lokumunca umoya-mpilo;

(6) I-Boron carbide iphinde ibe yi-p-type semiconductor impahla, engagcina izici ze-semiconductor ngisho namazinga okushisa aphezulu kakhulu.