Diboride powders zirconium

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Khanra, A. K., Pathak, L. C., Mishra, S. K., Godkhindi, M. M. (2005). Sintering of ultrafine zirconium diboride powder prepared by modified SHS technique. Advances in Applied Ceramics, 104 6), 282-284. doi 10.1179/174367605X52077. 

Yan, Y, Huang, Z., Dong, S., Jiang, D. (2006). New route to synthesize ultra-fine zirconium diboride powders using inorganic- organic hybrid precursors. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, S9(ll), 3585-3588. doi 10.1111/j.l551-2916.2006.01269.x. 

Mishra, S. JC, Das, S., Pathak, L. C. (2004). Defect structures in zirconium diboride powder prepared by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. Materials Science and Engineering A, 364(1-2), 249—255. doi 10.1016/j.msea.2003.08.021. 

Hafnium-like boron is known to be a neutron absorber or neutron moderator element, and, therefore, composites of boron carbide, B4C, and hafnium diboride, HfB2, can be considered as nuclear materials. These boron compounds after sintering and °B/"B isotopic ratio adapting are found to be heterogeneous polyphone cermets useful for nuclear applications (Beauvy et al. 1999). Boron acid obtained from the °B enriched boron trifluoride also was used in nuclear reactors (Shalamberidze et al. 2005). Amorphous boron powders enriched both in °B and "B, boron carbide, and zirconium diboride (ZrB2) powders and pallets labeled with °B isotope And applications in nuclear engineering too. The °B enriched Fe-B and Ni-B alloys are useful for the production of casks for spent nuclear fuel transfer and storage. 

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