boron carbide

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noun Chemistry.

a black, crystalline, extremely hard, water-insoluble solid, B4C, used chiefly as a moderator in nuclear reactors, as an abrasive, and as a refractory.

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Words nearby boron carbide

Borodin, Borodino, boroglyceride, borohydride, boron, boron carbide, boron hydride, boronia, boron nitride, borosilicate, borosilicate glass

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How to use boron carbide in a sentence

He found a wife in West Virginia, got a job there for Union Carbide.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no America, he says, there is no democracy, there is only IBM and ITT and AT&T and Dupont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon.
Infamous One Percenters from Pop Culture|Alan Glynn|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Union Carbide has long claimed the blast was triggered by employee sabotage.
The Haunted CEO|Allan Dodds Frank|July 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Still, as with BP and Anglo-American relations, the Union Carbide question is complicated in both Washington and Delhi.
The Haunted CEO|Allan Dodds Frank|July 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The oil giant has nothing on United Fruit, Union Carbide, and other corporate rogues.
History's 13 Most Hated Companies|The Daily Beast|June 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The one marking the carbide was blown away, and it was two days before Dovers finally unearthed it.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Thus far carbide has been found industrially valuable for two other purposes.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
If the use of carbide on a large scale substantiates the claims made for it, this is a discovery of vast importance.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
In electric furnaces the formation of carbide depends simply on the heat of the arc, which fuses the mixture of lime and coke.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
With the present prices of alcohol, sugar, and carbide, these processes have no commercial value.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for boron carbide

boron carbide

noun

a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive and refractory and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B 4 C

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