Borazon

<p>Borazon is a brand name of a cubic form of <a href="/facts/Boron_nitride/kumlPQRg">boron nitride</a> (cBN). Its color ranges from black to brown and gold. It is one of the hardest known materials, along with various forms of <a href="/facts/Diamond/IBUdnd1y">diamond</a> and other kinds of boron nitride. Borazon is a <a href="/facts/Crystal/e2R2mk3E">crystal</a> created by heating equal quantities of <a href="/facts/Boron/Pmwgd7Mf">boron</a> and <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">nitrogen</a> at temperatures greater than 1800 °C (3300 °F) at 7 <a href="/facts/Gigapascal/Am1To2Qm">GPa</a> (1 million <a href="/facts/Pound-force_per_square_inch/RMdeTlB0">lbf/in2</a>).
</p><p>Borazon was first produced in 1957 by <a href="/facts/Robert_H._Wentorf,_Jr./LEqwU8PB">Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.</a>, a <a href="/facts/Physical_chemistry/WqwnJjRM">physical chemist</a> working for the <a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a>. In 1969, General Electric adopted the name Borazon as its <a href="/facts/Trademark/B23H8IS0">trademark</a> for the material. The trademark is now owned by Diamond Innovations, doing business as <a href="https://www.hyperionmt.com">Hyperion Materials & Technologies, Inc.</a>, and Borazon is manufactured only by Hyperion Materials & Technologies.
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Borazon