... its relatively easy fabrication into shapes. Some of Boron Carbide’s unique properties include: high hardness, chemical inertness, ... a high neutron absorbing , cross section. APPLICATIONS Boron Carbide is well suited to a variety of industrial applications ... Wear parts such as blasting nozzles, wire-drawing dies, powdered metal and ceramic forming dies, thread guides. SPEC BRANDSB (%)C (%)Fe2O3 ...