Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Boron Carbide by Direct Microwave Carbothermal Reduction of Boric Acid

Table 1

Lattice parameters of as-synthesized boron carbide at different levels of forward power.

	(nm)	(nm)	(nm)	(degrees)	Cell volume; (nm^3)
R4B-1 (1.8 kW)	0.5596	1.2061	0.5158	65.7053	0.2114
R4B-2 (2.1 kW)	0.5600	1.2070	0.5162	65.7081	0.2117
Stoichiometric (theoretical)	0.5600	1.2086	0.5166	65.6486	0.2118