Boron carbides

Boron carbides are boron–carbon compounds.

Boron carbide (B4C)

Main article: Boron carbide

B13C2

α-tetragonal boron

α-tetragonal boron is a boron-rich isotropic boron carbide (B₅₀C₂).^[1][2][3][4]

Borafullerenes

Main article: Borafullerene

Borafullerenes are a class of heterofullerenes in which the element substituting for carbon is boron.

See also

• Crystal structure of boron-rich metal borides

References

1. Wiberg 2001, p. 930.
2. Hoard, Hughes & Sands 1958.
3. Hoard et al. 1970.
4. Amberger 1981, p. 61.

Sources

• Amberger, E. (1981). "Elemental boron". In Buschbeck, K. C. (ed.). Gmelin handbook of inorganic and organometallic chemistry: B Boron, Supplement 2 (8th ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 1–112. ISBN 3-540-93448-0.
• Hoard, J. L.; Hughes, R. E.; Sands, D. E. (1958). "The Structure of Tetragonal Boron". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80 (17): 4507. doi:10.1021/ja01550a019.
• Hoard, J. L.; Sullenger, D. B.; Kennard, C. H. L.; Hughes, R. E. (January 1970). "The structure analysis of β-rhombohedral boron". Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 1 (2): 268–277. Bibcode:1970JSSCh...1..268H. doi:10.1016/0022-4596(70)90022-8.
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