Boron carbide ceramics is one of the most potential special ceramics, with its low density, high hardness, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and excellent neutron absorption properties and other excellent characteristics, is widely used in military industry, nuclear industry and other fields.

Boron carbide is widely used in the nuclear industry because of its b-10 atoms, which have strong neutron absorption properties and do not produce any radiation. It took 2,000 tonnes of boron carbide to stop the chain reaction at Chernobyl in 1986.

Boron carbide has become the main raw material for neutron absorption materials due to its strong neutron absorption properties. Control rods, safety rods and shielding rods in nuclear reactor core components all depend on boron carbide's strong neutron absorption capacity.