Boron carbide—A comprehensive review

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Bougoin, 1985, Frittage sans charge du carbure de bore et de composites carbure de bore-carbure de silicium. Propriétés mécaniques

Bougoin, 1985, Synthèse et caractérisation de céramiques denses en carbure de bore, J. Less Common. Met., 114, 257, 10.1016/0022-5088(85)90444-8

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Thévenot, 1988, Sintering of boron carbide and boron carbide-silicon carbide two-phase materials and their properties, J. Nucl. Mater., 152, 154, 10.1016/0022-3115(88)90321-2

Angers, 1984, Hot pressing of boron carbide, Ceram. Int., 10, 49, 10.1016/0272-8842(84)90025-7

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Bouchacourt, 1981, The hot pressing of boron and boron rich compounds: B6O, B10·5C-B4C, Sci. Ceram., 11, 231

Brodhag, 1981, La cinétique de compression à chaud de céramiques spéciales, Silicates Industriels, 45, 91

Brodhag, 1983, Comparison of the hot pressing kinetics of boron, boron suboxide B6O and boron carbides, 881

Telle, 1986, Reaction sintering of boron carbide (B4C) with silicon and titanium, 2, 1155

Telle, 1987, Mechanisms in the liquid-phase sintering of boron carbide with silicon based melts, Mater. Sci. Monogr., 38A, 961

Larker, 1987, Hot isostatic pressing and its applicability to silicon carbide and boron carbide, Mater. Sci. Monogr., 38A, 795

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ASEA, 1987

Schwetz, 1986, Mechanical properties of HIP-treated sintered boron carbide, 413

Holcombe, 1983, New microwave coupler material, Ceram. Bull., 62, 1388

Katz, 1988, Microwave sintering of boron carbide, Met. Powd. Rep., 43, 835

Prümmer, 1985, Explosive Werkstoffbearbeitung, Keram. Z., 37, 243

Bairamashvili, 1985, Sintering of boron carbide powders after static and explosive treatment, Soobshch. Akad. Nauk. Gruz. SSR, 119, 161

Grabchuk, 1974, Sintering of boron carbide, Porosh. Met., 8, 11

Kuzenkova, 1979, The structure and properties of sintered boron carbide, J. Less Common Met., 67, 217, 10.1016/0022-5088(79)90095-X

Kuzenkova, 1986, The structure and properties of sintered boron carbide, Powd. Met. Int., 12, 11

Grabchuk, 1975, Sintering of technical boron carbide, Porosh. Met., 7, 27

Weaver, 1982

Zakhariev, 1988, Properties of polycrystalline boron carbide sintered in the presence of tungsten boride (W2B5) without pressing, J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 7, 695, 10.1007/BF00722070

Oh, 1985, Sintering of boron carbide, J. Korean Ceram. Soc., 22, 60

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Schwetz, 1981, The influence of carbon on the microstructure and mechanical properties of sintered boron carbide, J. Less Common Met., 82, 37, 10.1016/0022-5088(81)90195-8

Prochazska, 1985, Abnormal grain growth and microcracking in boron carbide, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 68, Cdash235

Dole, 1985, Densification and microstructure development in boron carbide, 6, 1151

Bougoin, 1987, Pressureless sintering of boron carbide with an addition of polycarbosilane, J. Mater. Sci., 22, 109, 10.1007/BF01160558

Thévenot, 1990, Laboratory methods for the preparation of boron carbides, 87

MacKinnon, 1973, The preparation of boron carbide using a radio frequency plasma, Chem. Ind. (London), 800

MacKinnon, 1975, The synthesis of boron carbide in a r.f. plasma, J. Electrochem. Soc., 122, 806, 10.1149/1.2134327

MacKinnon, 1977, Mechanism of formation of boron and boron carbide by reduction of boron trichloride in an r.f. plasma, I.C.P. Inf. Newslett., 3, 311

Knudsen, 1986

Knudsen, 1987, Laser-driven synthesis and densification of ultrafine boron carbide powders, Adv. Ceram., 21, 237

Ritter, 1987, A low temperature chemical process for precursors to boride and carbide ceramic powders, Adv. Ceram., 21, 21

Ritter, 1986

Walker, 1983, Preparation and properties of monolithic and composite ceramics produced by polymer pyrolysis, Ceram. Bull., 62, 916

Bernard, 1975, Détermination des équilibres chimiques complexes dans les systèmes polyphasés. I. Méthode de traitement, J. Less Common Met., 40, 165, 10.1016/0022-5088(75)90058-2

Ducarroir, 1975, Thermodynamic domains of the various solid deposits in the B-C-H-Cl vapor system, 72

Ducarroir, 1976, Thermodynamic domains of the various solid deposits in the B-C-H-Cl vapor system, J. Electrochem. Soc., 123, 136, 10.1149/1.2132747

Vandenbulcke, 1985, Theoretical and experimental studies on the chemical vapor deposition of boron carbide, Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev., 24, 568, 10.1021/i300020a015

Rebenne, 1987, Theoretical analysis of chemical vapor deposition of ceramics in an impinging jet reactor, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 70, 907, 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1987.tb04915.x

Lartigue, 1988, Contribution to the study of tetragonal compounds in the boron carbon system, J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 7, 153, 10.1007/BF01730603

Cholet, 1987, CVD of boron carbide from BBr3CH4H2 mixtures into a microwave plasma, 423

Veprek, 1985, Plasma-induced deposition of amorphous boron carbide, 90

Toyoda, 1987, Formation of pure boron and boron-carbon alloys by a toroidal glow discharge, 409

Aselage, 1987, Preparation of boron-rich refractory semiconductors, 101

Aselage, T. L., Van Deusen, S. B. & Morosin, B., Solution growth, composition, and structure of boron carbide crystals. J. Less. Common Met., to be pub.

Aselage, 1990, Preparation and properties of icosahedral borides, 97

Weaver, 1989, SiC whiskers and platelets, Vol. 2, 397

Thévenot, 1977, Analytical problems in boron and refractory borides, Analysis, 5, 105

Ruste, 1978, Etudes sur le carbure de bore. II. Microanalyse électronique quantitative, J. Less Common Met., 59, 131, 10.1016/0022-5088(78)90125-X

Bouchacourt, 1979, Analyses par microsonde électronique et méthodes chimiques destructrices appliquées à l'étude du système bore-carbone, J. Microsc. Spectros. Electron., 4, 143

Zuppiroli, 1983, Etude fondamentale sur le carbure de bore

Bandyopadhyay, 1984, The role of free carbon in the transport and magnetic properties of boron carbide, J. Phys. Chem. Sol., 45, 207, 10.1016/0022-3697(84)90120-3

Bougoin, 1986, Determination of free graphite in textured samples of boron carbide and boron carbide-silicon carbide composites, J. Less Common Met., 117, 215, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90036-6

Madden, 1986, Auger electron spectroscopy studies of boron carbide, 121

Iuoue, 1987, Change of surface composition of boron carbide (B4C) single crystal due to heat treatment, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 5, 1279, 10.1116/1.574790

MacKinnon, 1986, High-resolution imaging of boron carbide microstructures, 114

Stotto, 1986, Etude par microscopie électronique des effets d'irradiation dans le carbure de bore

Stotto, 1987, Etude par microscopie électronique des effets d'irradiation dans le carbure de bore

Bouchacourt, 1978, Etudes sur le carbure de bore. III. Domaine d'existence de la phase carbure de bore, J. Less Common Met., 59, 139, 10.1016/0022-5088(78)90126-1

Elliott, 1961, The boron carbon system

Kieffer, 1971, Untersuchungen zum System Bor-Kohlenstoff, Ber. DKG, 48, 385

Bouchacourt, 1979, The melting of boron carbide and the homogeneity range of the boron carbide phase, J. Less Common Met., 67, 327, 10.1016/0022-5088(79)90007-9

Bouchacourt, 1981, Analytical investigations in the B-C system, J. Less Common Met., 82, 219, 10.1016/0022-5088(81)90222-8

Beauvy, 1983, Stoichiometric limits of carbon-rich boron carbide phases, J. Less Common Met., 90, 169, 10.1016/0022-5088(83)90067-X

Kevill, 1986, Growth of crystals of several boron-carbon compositions by chemical vapor deposition, J. Cryst. Growth, 74, 210, 10.1016/0022-0248(86)90266-6

Kevill, 1986, Preparation of boron-carbon compounds, including crystalline B2C material by chemical vapor deposition, J. Less Common Met., 117, 421, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90071-8

Clark, 1943, The crystal structure of boron carbide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 65, 2115, 10.1021/ja01251a026

Silver, 1959, Nuclear magnetic resonance of boron carbide, J. Chem. Phys., 31, 247, 10.1063/1.1730302

Becher, 1974, Infrarotspektroskopische Untersuchung des Borcarbids und seiner isotypen Derivate B12O2, B12P2 und B12As2, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 410, 274, 10.1002/zaac.19744100307

Emin, 1988, Structure and single-phase regime in boron carbides, Phys. Rev. B, 38, 6041, 10.1103/PhysRevB.38.6041

Conard, 1986, 13C and 11B NMR investigations in the boron carbide phase homogeneity range: a model of solid solution, J. Less Common Met., 117, 51, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90011-1

Bray, 1986, NMR studies of borates and borides, 142

Alexander, 1986, NMR studies of the structure of boron carbides, 168

Duncan, 1986, The distribution of carbon in boron carbides: 13C NMR studies, 177

Bouchacourt, 1981, The properties and structure of the boron carbide phase, J. Less Common Met., 82, 227, 10.1016/0022-5088(81)90223-X

Morosin, 1986, Rhombohedral crystal structure of compounds containing boron-rich icosahedra, 70

Morosin, 1987, Novel Refractory Semiconductors, 145

Will, 1976, An X-ray diffraction analysis of B13C2, J. Less Common Met., 47, 43, 10.1016/0022-5088(76)90072-2

Yakel, 1975, Crystal structure of a boron-rich carbide, Acta Cryst., B31, 1797, 10.1107/S0567740875006267

Clarke, 1943, The crystal structure of boron carbide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 65, 2115, 10.1021/ja01251a026

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Matkovich, 1976, Extension of the boron-carbon homogeneity range, J. Less Common Met., 47, 39, 10.1016/0022-5088(76)90071-0

Sugaya, 1972, Morphology of boron carbide single crystals, J. Less Common Met., 26, 25, 10.1016/0022-5088(72)90005-7

Tallant, 1988, Boron carbides: evidence for molecular level disorder, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 106, 370, 10.1016/0022-3093(88)90290-6

Tallant, 1989, Boron carbide structure by Raman spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. B, 40, 5649, 10.1103/PhysRevB.40.5649

Aselage, 1987, Anomalous Seebeck coefficient in boron carbides, 27

Morosin, 1987, Crystal structure refinements of rhombohedral symmetry materials containing boron-rich icosahedra, 145

Matje, 1989, Surface oxygen pick up in submicron SiC and B4C sintering powders at room temperature, 377

Gogotsi, 1986, Complex investigation of hot-pressed boron carbide, J. Less Common Met., 117, 225, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90037-8

Lavrenko, 1988, Influence of oxidation on the composition and structure of the surface layer of hot-pressed boron carbide, Oxid. Met., 29, 193, 10.1007/BF00751794

Efimenko, 1987, Oxidation of hot-pressed boron carbide, Porosh. Met., 4, 56

Makarenko, 1986, Comparative characteristics of phases in the boron-carbon and boron-silicon systems, J. Less Common Met., 117, 209, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90035-4

Pastor, 1978, Applications industrielles des composés du bore, Informations Chimie, 178, 151

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Goeuriot, 1981, Surface treatment of steels: Borudif, a new boriding process, Thin Sol. Films, 78, 67, 10.1016/0040-6090(81)90418-1

Goeuriot, 1982, The influence of alloying element additions on the boriding of steels, Mater. Sci. Eng., 55, 9, 10.1016/0025-5416(82)90078-7

Telle, 1989, Structure and properties of Si-doped boron carbide, 249

Murgatroyd, 1977, Technology and assessment of neutron absorbing materials, Atomic Energy Rev., 15, 1

Tsagareishvili, 1986, Thermal expansion of boron and boron carbide, J. Less Common Met., 117, 159, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90025-1

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Hollenberg, 1980, Thermally induced stresses and fractures in boron carbide pellets, Ceram. Bull., 59, 538

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Lockwood, 1981, Advanced high temperature thermoelectrics for space power, Vol. 2, 1985

Wood, 1986, Transport properties of boron carbide, 206

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Wood, 1986, Boron carbides as high temperature thermoelectric materials, 362

Aselage, 1989, Thermoelectric properties of boron carbides, 430

Bouchacourt, 1985, The correlation between the thermoelectric properties and stoichiometry in the boron carbide phase B4C-B10.5C, J. Mater. Sci., 20, 1237, 10.1007/BF01026319

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Moss, 1987, Thermal conductivity of boron carbides, 97, 77

Beauvy, 1981, Thermal shock resistance of hot-pressed boron carbide, Sci. Ceram., 11, 385

Emin, 1986, Electronic transport in boron carbides, 189

Emin, 1986, Electronic transport in boron carbides, 189

Emin, 1989, Theory of electronic and thermal transport in boron carbides, 691

Lipp, 1975, Härte und Härtebestimmung von nichtmetallischen Hartstoffen, Ber. Deutsch Keram. Ges., 52, 335

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Rey, 1989, Boron carbide coatings: correlation between mechanical properties and L.P.C.V.D. parameters values

Niihara, 1984, The effect of stoichiometry on mechanical properties of boron carbide, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 67, C13, 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1984.tb19158.x

Gogotsi, 1987, Mechanical properties and special features of the structure of materials based on boron carbide, Porosh. Met., 7, 84

De With, 1983, Note on the temperature dependence of the hardness of boron carbide, J. Less Common Met., 95, 133, 10.1016/0022-5088(83)90392-2

Pilyankevich, 1986, Structure of boron carbide surface layers after abrasion at 20–1400°C, Porosh. Met., 8, 93

Tkachenko, 1984, High temperature friction and certain properties of hot-pressed boron carbide, Porosh. Met., 12, 41

Tkachenko, 1986, Some features of the deformation and fracture of carbides, borides, and nitrides under friction in the temperature range 20–1400°C, J. Less Common Met., 117, 271, 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90045-7

Kingon, 1987, Performance of some zirconia-based ceramics under conditions of particle erosion, Mater. Sci. Monogr., 38C, 2657

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Knoch, 1987, Carbide-hochverschleißfeste keramische Sonderwerkstoffe, Techn. Mitt., 80, 221

Wilkins, 1977, Use of boron compounds in lightweight armor, 633

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Hunold, 1985, Boron carbide/graphite thermocouple for high temperatures, Chem. Tech. (Heidelberg), 14, 82

Hunold, 1986, A thermocouple for high temperatures, Adv. Mater. Process., 9, 4

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FBFC, 1986, Nuclear fuel fabrication

Halverson, 1985, Processing and microstructural characterization of B4C-Al cermets, 6, 736

Pyzik, 1989, The role of rearrangement in the densification of ceramic-metal composites under hydrostatic pressure, 783

Halverson, 1989, Processing of boron carbide-aluminium composites, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 72, 775, 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1989.tb06216.x

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Wei, 1985