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On the hardness of boron (III) oxide

Materials Science 2011-01-19 v1

Abstract

Our findings show that the hardness of glass-like B2O3 is of about 1.5 GPa, while the hardness of the high-pressure phase is higher by a factor of 10 (16(5) GPa) and comparable with the hardness (16 GPa) of the WC-10% Co hard alloy.

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@article{arxiv.1101.2965,
  title  = {On the hardness of boron (III) oxide},
  author = {V. A. Mukhanov and O. O. Kurakevych and V. L. Solozhenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2965},
  year   = {2011}
}