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Synthesis and characterization of processable polyborate precursors

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Polyborates have been formed by disproportionation and polycondensation of trimethoxyboroxine and also of trimethoxyboroxine and boric acid. The crtiical role of stoichiometry in the formation of polyborates without requiring incorporation of a metal counter ion is revealed. The emphasis is on integration of this chemistry with fabrication processes. Incorporation of an appropriate linear organic polymer is shown to yield the required rheological and thermal characteristics in this regard. These polyborates are inferred to be suitable as precursors for boron nitride in geometrical forms that can be processed as supported structures. However, they are also determined to be unsuitable as precursors for boron nitride fibers, oriented or isotropic, primarily due to their low glass transition temperature.

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  1. Bruce Wade

    Present address: Monsanto Fibers Division, 35609-2204, Dacatur, AL

  2. N. Venkatasubramanian

    Present address: U. Dayton Research Institute, 45469, Dayton, OH

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  1. Polymer Education and Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, Georgia

    Bruce Wade, N. Venkatasubramanian, P. Desai & A. S. Abhiraman

  2. School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, Georgia

    E. C. Ashby

  3. NMR Laboratory, Research Center for Biotechnology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, Georgia

    L. T. Gelbaum

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Wade, B., Venkatasubramanian, N., Desai, P. et al. Synthesis and characterization of processable polyborate precursors. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 5, 15–25 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00486707

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