Water Absorption: | 0 |
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Vickers Hardness: | 24 |
Flexural Strength: | 480 |
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Boron Carbide (B4C) is the lightest technical ceramic material (2.52 g/cm³) as well as the hardest (second only to diamond).
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Property | Value |
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General | |
Chemical Formula | B4C |
Mechanical | |
Density | 2.52 gm/cc |
Hardness | 27.4 GPa |
Modulus of Elasticity | 450 GPa |
Flexural Strength | 350 MPa |
Compressive Strength | 3000 MPa |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.2 |
Fracture Toughness | 3.2 MPa m½ |
Electrical | |
Dielectric Strength | - |
Dielectric Constant | - |
Volume Resistivity | - |
Thermal | |
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion | 2.7 x 10^-6/°C |
Thermal Conductivity | 27 W/(m*K) |
Specific Heat | 1854 x10^3 J/(Kg*K) |
Shock Resistance | - |
Maximum Working Temperature | 600 °C |
Optical | |
Index of Refraction | - |
Birefringence | - |
Transmission Band | - |
All properties are at room temperature unless otherwise noted. |