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Boron Carbide

Boron Carbide is a ceramic nuclear material that belongs to the class of non-oxide ceramics and is distinguished by its high neutron absorption cross-section, extreme hardness, and chemical stability, making it a critical component in nuclear reactor control rods and shielding applications.

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720

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B4c

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Experimental realization of two-dimensional boron sheets

Baojie Feng, Jin Zhang, Qing Zhong et al. · Nature Chemistry · 2016 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Boron carbide—A comprehensive review

F. Thévenot · Journal of the European Ceramic Society · 1990 · 1.4K citations

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Boron Carbide: Structure, Properties, and Stability under Stress

Vladislav Domnich, Sara Reynaud, Richard A. Haber et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 2011 · 996 citations

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High-performance artificial nitrogen fixation at ambient conditions using a metal-free electrocatalyst

Weibin Qiu, Xiaoying Xie, Jian‐Ding Qiu et al. · Nature Communications · 2018 · 762 citations · Full text

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Boron: Elementary Challenge for Experimenters and Theoreticians

Barbara Albert, Harald Hillebrecht · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2009 · 660 citations

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Authors

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  1. HW
    H. Werheit

    University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

    37 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. DE
    David Emin

    Sandia National Laboratories, United States

    27 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. PA
    P. A. Dowben

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    36 publications · 1.3K citations

    21

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  4. QA
    Qi An

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    29 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. RA
    Richard A. Haber

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

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Institutions

1.6K

  1. American Ceramic Society

    Westerville, United States

    36 h-index

    89 publications

    7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    219 publications

    9.8K citations

  3. DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

    Adelphi, United States

    26 h-index

    75 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    23 h-index

    204 publications

    7.8K citations

  5. National Institute for Materials Science

    Tsukuba, Japan

    23 h-index

    88 publications

    3.4K citations

  6. Northwestern Polytechnical University

    Xi'an, China

    22 h-index

    174 publications

    5.1K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    22 h-index

    98 publications

    5.4K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    22 h-index

    194 publications

    6.4K citations

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  1. Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    105 publications · 6.9K citations

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  2. Journal of the European Ceramic Society

    84 publications · 5.8K citations

    38

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  3. Ceramics International

    101 publications · 3.7K citations

    33

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  4. Journal of Alloys and Compounds

    43 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Physics

    47 publications · 2.1K citations

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