Boride structure and physico-chemical properties

Detailed analysis has been made of the available data on the boride chemical composition and crystal structure (crystal system, space group, lattice periods and parameters, interatomic distance, crystal structure defects). Chemical bond and electronic structure problems of the transition metal borides are considered. Boride thermodynamic, electrophysical, and magnetic properties are described. Temperature dependences of the transition metal boride properties are presented. Boride thermionic-, surface-, optical-, and physico-mechanical properties at different temperature are given