| Ceradyne, Inc., a 3M company, specializes in isotopic boron products for specific applications. Our manufacturing systems give us the flexibility to customize isotopic composition to meet customer requirements. 3M™ Enriched Boric Acid is one of the basics of our product line, and is a precursor for most of our other boron containing chemicals. Enriched in either isotope to very high levels, our boric acid exceeds accepted standards of the nuclear industry throughout the world. In chemical reactions, our enriched products behave the same as their natural counterparts. In a thermal neutron environment, Boron isotopes have opposing neutron capture cross sections. Whereas 10Boron is an extremely good neutron absorber, 11Boron is considered to be neutron transparent.Information provided by 3M™ |
