CUSTOM BORIDE COMPOUNDS CREATED DESPITE MANUFACTURING DIFFICULTIES

While boride compositions can be difficult to produce due to their high melting points, reactive nature and brittleness, Materion’s chemical expertise has overcome those challenges. We manufacture a comprehensive line of borides to meet our customers’ requirements.

BORIDE ATTRIBUTES IDEAL FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS

A number of industrial and commercial users find boride compounds suited to the following technical applications due to their dependable qualities including:

Metal-rich borides with high melting points – used for turbine blades
Excellent electrical conductivity – used in electrical devices
Extraordinary hardness, resistant to erosion – used for wear-resistant coatings, cathode material, cutting tools and crucibles

VAST PRODUCT OFFERINGS OF BORIDE COMPOUNDS & FORMS

Materion borides are available in a variety of forms and purities including powders, granules, pellets and targets. Manufacturing processes can vary by product, application process and end use, so we customize boride compounds to customers’ exact specifications. Following are typical boride compositions:

Barium Boride BaB₆	Cerium Boride CeB₆	Chromium Boride CrB₂
Cobalt Boride Co₂B-Co₃B	Erbium Boride ErB₄	Gadolinium Boride GdB₆
Hafnium Boride HfB₂	Iron Boride FeB₂	Lanthanum Boride LaB₆
Magnesium Boride MgB₂	Molybdenum Boride Mo₂B₅	Nickel Boride Ni₂B
Niobium Boride NbB₂	Silicon Borides B₄Si, B₆Si	Tantalum Boride TaB₂
Tungsten Boride W₂B	Zirconium Boride ZrB₂	...and more

Search our Inorganic Chemicals Online Catalog for borides and other chemical compositions.

BENEFITS OF 50 YEARS OF CHEMICAL EXPERTISE

Our long history in the inorganic chemicals manufacturing field allows us to provide these technical capabilities:

Specialization in materials which are difficult to find and manufacture
Hazardous materials handling
Controlled atmosphere handling
High temperature chemical synthesis
Custom particle sizing
Development of new, experimental materials with tailored physical properties
Ability to scale manufacturing quantities from R&D to full production levels

We continue to develop new boride compounds as needed to meet our customers’ requirements. Discuss your need with one of Materion’s chemical experts.

Interested in pricing information? Use our Request a Quote form to provide the details on your boride compound requirements.