How strong is boron carbide?

How strong is boron carbide?
Boron carbide is a highly compacted ceramic material with extremely high hardness, resistance and thermal stability. It was once known as the king of super materials. This material has excellent mechanical properties, such as high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, difficulty in heating up, and good thermal balance. Therefore, it is widely used in military, chemical, coal chemical and other fields. Let’s take a closer look at the strength of boron carbide
Boron carbide has very high strength and hardness, reaching a strength of 2000-3500 MPa. Boron carbide crystals are bonded using sp3 bonds similar to diamond, so they are very hard. In addition, because boron carbide elements are arranged very closely with each other and the cells are relatively dense, its mechanical properties are very superior. Boron carbide has high bending, tensile, and compressive strengths at room temperature, and it still has excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. At the same time, boron carbide has a small thermal expansion coefficient, a large elastic modulus, and high thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity.