ferroboron

alloy

Also known as: iron-boron

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Ferroboron is an alloy composed of iron and boron. It is a type of ferroalloy, which are crude alloys of iron with other elements used in steel production. Ferroboron is added to molten steel to enhance its properties. Boron itself is a semimetal with various industrial applications, including increasing hardness in steel when added as ferroboron.1234

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amorphous solid
Magnetic glasses
₂ iron-boron and Fe_0.8B_0.1Si_0.1 iron-boron-silicon. They are readily formed as long metallic glass ribbons by melt spinning or as wide sheets by planar flow casting. Ferromagnetic glasses are mechanically hard materials, but they are magnetically soft, meaning that they are easily magnetized by small magnetic fields.…
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₂ iron-boron and Fe_0.8B_0.1Si_0.1 iron-boron-silicon. They are readily formed as long metallic glass ribbons by melt spinning or as wide sheets by planar flow casting. Ferromagnetic glasses are mechanically hard materials, but they are magnetically soft, meaning that they are easily magnetized by small magnetic fields.…
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boron
Properties, occurrence, and uses
Added as the iron alloy ferroboron, it is present in many steels, usually in the range 0.001 to 0.005 percent. Boron is also used in the nonferrous-metals industry, generally as a deoxidizer, in copper-base alloys and high-conductance copper as a degasifier, and in aluminum castings to refine the grain. In…
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Added as the iron alloy ferroboron, it is present in many steels, usually in the range 0.001 to 0.005 percent. Boron is also used in the nonferrous-metals industry, generally as a deoxidizer, in copper-base alloys and high-conductance copper as a degasifier, and in aluminum castings to refine the grain. In…
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