Boriding

Boride Density g/cm Melting Point Point°C Hardness Kg/mm (VHN50) Electrical Resistivity pohm-cm Thermal Conduc. w/cm °C Thermal Expans. 10-6/°C (300- 1000°C) 

The borides listed above can all be produced by CVD. With a few exceptions, they have found only limited industrial applications so far, in spite of their excellent properties of hardness, erosion resistance, and high-temperature stability. 

Bonding by CVD is a relatively simple process whereby a layer of boron is deposited on a metal substrate, followed by heat treatment.P] The boron can be deposited by the hydrogen reduction 

Bonding is used extensively on steel. The reaction occurs with a high hydrogen dilution of the BCI3 to prevent substrate attack. An iron boride is formed. 1 1 Not all metals, however, are suitable to bonding. For instance, the bonding of titanium by CVD in a chloride-based system is more difficult since the titanium substrate is highly susceptible to HCl attack and the rate of diffusion is low. 

Unlike bonding, direct boride deposition does not require a reaction with the substrate to form the boride. Both boron and metal atoms are supplied as gaseous compounds. 

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Petit C and Pileni M P 1997 Nanosized oobalt boride partioles oontrol of the size and properties J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 166 82... 

Metalation Metalations Metalaxyl [137414-52-9] Metal borides Metal carbonyls... 

Adiponitrile undergoes the typical nitrile reactions, eg, hydrolysis to adipamide and adipic acid and alcoholysis to substituted amides and esters. The most important industrial reaction is the catalytic hydrogenation to hexamethylenediarnine. A variety of catalysts are used for this reduction including cobalt—nickel (46), cobalt manganese (47), cobalt boride (48), copper cobalt (49), and iron oxide (50), and Raney nickel (51). An extensive review on the hydrogenation of nitriles has been recendy pubUshed (10). 

The electron sources used in most sems are thermionic sources in which electrons are emitted from very hot filaments made of either tungsten (W) or lanthanum boride (LaB ). W sources are typically heated to ca 2500—3000 K in order to achieve an adequate electron brightness. LaB sources require lower temperatures to achieve the same brightness, although they need a better vacuum than W sources. Once created, these primary electrons are accelerated to some desired energy with an energy spread (which ultimately determines lateral resolution) on the order of ca 1.5 eV. 

Boron trifluoride has been used in mixtures to prepare boride surfaces on steel (qv) and other metals, and as a lubricant for casting steel (see... 

Contrary to previous indications apparendy gallium boride does not exist. 

Hafnium Boride. Hafnium diboride [12007-23-7] HfB2, is a gray crystalline soHd. It is usually prepared by the reaction of hafnium oxide with carbon and either boron oxide or boron carbide, but it can also be prepared from mixtures of hafnium tetrachloride, boron trichloride, and hydrogen above 2000°C, or by direct synthesis from the elements. Hafnium diboride is attacked by hydrofluoric acid but is resistant to nearly all other reagents at room temperature. Hafnium dodecaboride [32342-52-2] has been prepared by direct synthesis from the elements (56). 

Hafnium dioxide is formed by ignition of hafnium metal, carbide, tetrachloride, sulfide, boride, nitride, or hydrous oxide. Commercial hafnium oxide, the product of the separation process for zirconium and hafnium, contains 97—99% hafnium oxide. Purer forms, up to 99.99%, are available. 

AH of the alloys Hsted in Tables 4 and 5 are austenitic, ie, fee. Apart from and soHd-solution strengthening, many alloys benefit from the presence of carbides, carbonitrides, and borides. Generally the cubic MC-type monocarbides, which tend to form in the melt, are large and widely spaced, and do not contribute to strengthening. However, the formation, distribution, and soHd-state reactions of carbides are very important because of their role... 

Reactions of HCl and nitrides, borides, silicides, germanides, carbides, and sulfides take place at significant rates only at elevated (>650° C) temperatures. The products are the metal chlorides and the corresponding hydrides. The reactions most studied are those involving nitrides of aluminum, magnesium, calcium, and titanium, where ammonia (qv) is formed along with the corresponding metal chloride. 

Metal-Matrix Composites. A metal-matrix composite (MMC) is comprised of a metal ahoy, less than 50% by volume that is reinforced by one or more constituents with a significantly higher elastic modulus. Reinforcement materials include carbides, oxides, graphite, borides, intermetahics or even polymeric products. These materials can be used in the form of whiskers, continuous or discontinuous fibers, or particles. Matrices can be made from metal ahoys of Mg, Al, Ti, Cu, Ni or Fe. In addition, intermetahic compounds such as titanium and nickel aluminides, Ti Al and Ni Al, respectively, are also used as a matrix material (58,59). P/M MMC can be formed by a variety of full-density hot consolidation processes, including hot pressing, hot isostatic pressing, extmsion, or forging. 

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