Description

Boronhas been used mainly in metallurgy, electronics, medicine, ceramics, nuke industry and chemical industry etc, andithas been used in the form of compoundor as a additive in alloys.It can be used in smelting of some special alloy steels and as the gasscavenger for the melting steel,intheignitorofignitonin the electric industry,inthe controlrod of atomic reactor, andas the high-energy fuels for rocket. Ithas been asanimportant material formanufacturinghigh-purity of halogenated boron andarawmaterial for a variety of borides. A lot ofrarenoble metals can be substituted and saved by it. Boron and its compounds can be also used as the catalystof some organic chemical reactions, etc.