boron carbide
boron carbide
nounDefinition of BORON CARBIDE
: a refractory shiny black crystalline compound B4C that is one of the hardest known materials and is used especially in abrasives and as a structural reinforcing material
First Known Use of BORON CARBIDE
circa 1909
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