Talk:Aluminium magnesium boride

Elemental Boron doped Aluminum
Stoichiometric B-Al-Mg is a bit misleading, Synthesis is much more straight forward.


 * Elemental Boron 88% (L grade) + Al powder ===> BAM + ~2% Free Al-Mg -- ~27 GPA hardness  (~$100/lb)
 * Elemental Boron 95% (M grade) + Al powder ===> BAM + ~6% Free Boron -- ~33 GPA hardness  (~$200/lb)
 * Elemental Boron 98% (H grade) + Al powder ===> BAM + ~9% Free Boron -- ~39 GPA hardness  (~$500/lb)

The article has lots of mistakes, including claims that TiB2 increases hardness! (only true in the lowest grade) mainly because TiB2 itself is about 29 GPA, TiB2 surely degrades hardness at high purity.

A commercially viable Boron Alloy because it can re-purpose low grade Boron, but its not a super-hard material, the superhard properties are associated with free Boron content, which is normal in any Boron Alloy & not exclusive to Aluminum Magnesium Boride Ybedamsi (talk)

Merge discussion for Aluminium magnesium boride
An article that you have been involved in editing, Aluminium magnesium boride, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. StevenJohnston (talk) 13:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Merger proposal
This article and the BAM (material) article are about the same material under different names. They should be merged to one article, preferably keeping the Aluminium magnesium boride page and changing the BAM (material) to a redirect. StevenJohnston (talk) 13:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree. There's no reason that these should be separate articles. The12thMan (talk) 15:45, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Done ✅

Infobox could be added
to summarise properties etc - as with most other materials/compounds. - Rod57 (talk) 11:11, 13 August 2017 (UTC)