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Negative Additive Manufacturing of Complex Shaped Boron Carbides
Published on: September 18, 2018
Composites and Materials Prepared from Boron Cluster Anions and Carboranes
Varvara V Avdeeva1, Svetlana E Nikiforova1, Elena A Malinina1
1Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninskii Av., Moscow 119991, Russia.
Abstract:
Here, we present composites and materials that can be prepared starting with boron hydride cluster compounds (decaborane, decahydro-closo-decaborate and dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate anions and carboranes). Recent examples of their utilization as boron protective coatings including using them to synthesize boron carbide, boron nitride, metal borides, metal-containing composites, and neutron shielding materials are discussed. The data are generalized demonstrate the versatile application of materials based on boron cluster anions and carboranes in various fields.
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