BORON NITRIDE


Meaning of BORON NITRIDE in English

Chem.

a white powder, BN, formed by heating boron in nitrogen. In its ordinary form, it has a structure of stacked layers of hexagonal rings, very similar to that of graphite, and is used as a refractory electrical insulator. Cf. Borazon .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .