ARMOR ULTRALUGHT BORON CARBIDE
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Material Characteristics:

Color (Farbe): dark silver (schwarz);

Mean grain size( mittlere KorngroBe) : 15 μm;

Porosity (Porositat): <=1.0 % ;

Density ( Dichte): ~ 2,3 g/cm³;

Mechanical Properties in Room Temperature:

Vickers Hardness (Vickers-Harte): HV 01 = 50-55 GPa;

Flexural strength, 4-pt bending (Biegefestigkeit, 4-Punkt): 450 MPa;

Young’s modulus E (Elastizitatsmodul): 430 GPa;

Poisson,s ratio (Poisson-Zahl): 0.13

Comparison of Boroncarbide to Silicium Carbide, Alumina and Ballistic Steel