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Preparation and uses of amorphous boron carbide coated substrates

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OSTI ID:5666954
Cloth is coated at a temperature below about 1000* C. With amorphous boron-carbon deposits in a process which provides a substantially uniform coating on all the filaments making up each yarn fiber bundle of the cloth. The coated cloths can be used in the as-deposited condition for example as wear surfaces where high hardness values are needed; or multiple layers of coated cloths can be hot-pressed to form billets useful for example in fusion reactor wall armor. Also provided is a method of controlling the atom ratio of b:c of boron-carbon deposits onto any of a variety of substrates, including cloths.
Assignee:
Department of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4287259
OSTI ID:
5666954
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English