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High Hardness Boron Rich Boron Carbide is Synthesized using CVD
18.05.2020 TriboNet

Hardness is a material’s resistance to plastic deformation and this property is widely used to rank materials for various engineering applications. Hard materials can be used for cutting, drilling. Hardness frequently correlates with wear resistance […]

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