Making some of the world's most durable materials corrosion-resistant
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 22:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Borides are among the hardest and most heat-resistant substances on the planet, but their Achilles' Heel, like so many materials', is that they oxidize at high temperatures. Researchers have now produced an aluminum-layered boride whose unique behavior at high temperatures keeps it one step ahead of nature's slow march toward high- temperature chemical degradation.