Ceramics based on reactively sintered boron carbide

Boron carbide/n-silicon carbide heterojunction diodes

Ancient Technologies: The Egyptian Sintered-Quartz Ceramics

To physicists and engineers, ceramics represent materials demonstrating excellent strength and hardness, materials that can serve as electrical insulators or conductors, some of them being able of a high-temperature superconductivity. To researchers working in archaeology and art history, ceramics mean objects such as figurines, tiles and tableware helping understanding cultures and technologie...

Sintering boron carbide ceramics without grain growth by plastic deformation as the dominant densification mechanism

A new ceramic sintering approach employing plastic deformation as the dominant mechanism is proposed, at low temperature close to the onset point of grain growth and under high pressure. Based on this route, fully dense boron carbide without grain growth can be prepared at 1,675-1,700 °C and under pressure of (≥) 80 MPa in 5 minutes. The dense boron carbide shows excellent mechanical properties...

Magnetoresistance in boron carbide junctions

Shock-wave strength properties of boron carbide and silicon carbide