Boron Carbide: Structure, Processing, Properties and Applications

$195.00

Series: Materials Science and Technologies
BISAC: TEC021000

Boron carbide is a superhard and lightweight ceramic material. As a result of these characteristics, it used as a protective component in bulletproof vests, tank armour and also has many other industrial applications (e.g., tooling, abrasives). Research on boron carbide remains active given a long-standing challenge to understand its complex failure behavior in extreme environments owing to its unique microstructure and mechanical properties, where many current efforts are underway to improve its behavior through microstructure alteration via additives that form secondary phases, chemical doping, and altering the chemical composition of the boron-to-carbon ratio in the crystal structure. This book covers some of the key challenges involving boron carbide that are currently being studied by many materials scientists and ceramists. The authors who are active in this research field have prepared the chapters for this book and specific topics covered highlight the state-of-the art research in structure, processing, properties and applications. The organization of the book is designed to provide an easy understanding for students and professionals interested in advanced material for novel applications.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Atomic Structure of Boron Carbide
(Kolan Madhav Reddy, Simanta Lahkar, Akihiko Hirata and Mingwei Chen, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, and others)

Chapter 2. Structure and Bonding in Electron-Precise Boron Carbides: To Disorder or Not to Disorder!
(Manoj Kolel-Veetil, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, US)

Chapter 3. Boron Carbide Nanostructures: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties
(Yusuf Şimşek and Şakir Erkoç, Vocational School of Health Services, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, and others)

Chapter 4. Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation of Boron Carbide
(Haoyang Li, Calvin Lo, Geneviève Toussaint, Tomoko Sano and James D. Hogan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and others)

Chapter 5. Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanism in Nanocrystalline Boron Carbide
(Rajamallu Karre, Qi An and Kolan Madhav Reddy, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, and others)

Chapter 6. Sliding Wear Properties of Boron Carbide Ceramics
(Sonali Jamale and B. Venkata Manoj Kumar,TriboCeramics Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)

Chapter 7. High Temperature Wear Behavior of Aluminum-Boron Carbide-Graphite Composites
(T.Thirumalai, R.Subramanian, and B.Ravisankar, Mechanical Engineering Department, Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus, Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad, India and others)

Index


Audience

The organization of the book is designed to provide an easy understanding for students and professionals interested in advanced material for novel applications.


Keywords

Lightweight ceramic, state-of-art techniques, damage mechanisms, 2-D structures, advanced applications

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