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refractory material; borides used as a braze to join molybdenum, tungsten, and tantalum, and niobium parts for electronic, corrosion, and abrasion protection, used as a sputtering target with 99.5% purity to produce films which may be wear-resistant and semiconducting [CER91] [HAW93] [KIR78]

Corroded by molten metals Al, Mg, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Nb, Mo, and Ta; corrosion resistant to molten Cd, Sn, Bi, and Rb