With the support of national policies, the development prospects of the amorphous boron powder industry are promising

Amorphous boron powder, also known as elemental boron and monomer boron, is an inorganic material that exists in an amorphous atomic structure. Amorphous boron powder appears as gray-black or brown amorphous powder, has no special odor, is easily soluble in concentrated alkali solution under cooling, and is insoluble in water, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, ether and ethanol. Amorphous boron powder has relatively active chemical properties, high density, high combustion heat value, and large volume energy. It has broad application prospects in the fields of ceramic materials, high-energy solid fuels, superconducting materials, explosive catalysts, etc.

The main preparation methods of amorphous boron powder include boron halide aerothermal reduction, borane cracking and magnesium thermal reduction. The boron halide hydrogen gas thermal reduction method has shortcomings such as high production cost and low yield of finished products, and is not suitable for large-scale production; the borane cracking method uses boron trifluoride etherate complex and sodium hydride as raw materials, and obtains ethyl boron through oxidation and reduction. Alkanes are cracked under high temperature conditions to produce amorphous boron powder; the magnesia-thermal reduction method uses diboron trioxide and metallic magnesium powder as raw materials, and the finished product is obtained through processes such as heating, reduction, and pickling. At present, this method has achieved industrialization Production.

As an important energy material, amorphous boron powder has a wide range of applications, including ceramic materials, high-energy solid fuels, explosive catalysts, automobile airbag gas generating agents, etc. In recent years, thanks to continuous breakthroughs in automobile production technology, the market demand for amorphous boron powder as a gas generating agent for automobile airbags has continued to grow. According to the “2023-2028 China Amorphous Boron Powder Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center , my country’s demand for amorphous boron powder will reach 15 tons in 2022.

The state attaches great importance to the development of the amorphous boron powder industry and has introduced many policies to support it. In December 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Guidance Catalog for the First Batch Application Demonstration of Key New Materials (2021 Edition)”, which clearly included amorphous boron powder in the category of cutting-edge new materials. With the continued favorable national policies, the development speed of my country’s amorphous boron powder industry will further accelerate.

The main manufacturers of amorphous boron powder in my country include Jilin Jiu’an Boron Industry Co., Ltd., Baoding Borada New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Dandong Chemical Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd., Tianyuan Aviation Materials (Yingkou) Technology Co., Ltd., etc. At present, my country’s amorphous boron powder market is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises, and there is a certain gap in product quality compared with overseas developed countries. This is the main challenge facing the development of the industry.

          Industry analysts said that as a boron-containing inorganic product, amorphous boron powder has broad application prospects in many fields. However, at present, there is still a certain gap in the quality of my country’s amorphous boron powder compared with overseas developed countries. In the future, with the continuous optimization of the industrial structure and the continuous innovation of local enterprises’ production technology, my country’s amorphous boron powder industry will develop in the direction of high quality.