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What is a boride?

What is a boride? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) the B3− anion
  2. (chemistry) any binary compound of boron and a more electropositive element
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The space shuttles' exterior tiles, made to withstand the heat of re-entry into the atmosphere, are coated with borosilicate glass tinted black with silicon boride.
Abstract Tungsten boride powder was used as a wear-resistance material, then clad on a Ti-6A1-4V substrate by the gas tungsten arc welding method.
When the molten metal reaches 1260 o C, either calcium boride or lithium should be plunged into the molten bath to deoxidize the melt.
The barrier may be a thin film containing at least one of a nitride, oxide, boride, silicide, carbide and aluminide.
Iron boride is most commonly used as an additive to produce borated steels and stainless steels.
Boron carbide is a high hardness boride, commonly called artificial diamond.

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