{"id":181482,"date":"2024-01-27T02:23:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T08:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/invisible-armor-for-steel-how-hbn-coating-is-reinventing-metal-durability"},"modified":"2024-01-27T02:23:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T08:23:18","slug":"invisible-armor-for-steel-how-hbn-coating-is-reinventing-metal-durability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/invisible-armor-for-steel-how-hbn-coating-is-reinventing-metal-durability","title":{"rendered":"Invisible Armor for Steel: How hBN Coating Is Reinventing Metal Durability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/invisible-armor-for-steel-how-hbn-coating-is-reinventing-metal-durability2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hexagonal boron nitride coatings on metal alloys enhance durability, reduce friction, and protect against harsh conditions, paving the way for improvements in solar panels, semiconductors, and aerospace components.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Researchers demonstrated that stainless steel and other metal alloys coated with hexagonal boron nitride, or hBN, exhibit non-stick or low-friction qualities along with improved long-term protection against harsh corrosion and high-temperature oxidation in air.<\/p>\n<p>Metal alloys \u2014 mixtures of two or more metals \u2014 are created to be strong, durable, and resistant to corrosion or oxidation. By adding coatings, or \u201carmor,\u201d to make those materials even tougher, scientists could enhance existing products and enable the creation of new, innovative ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hexagonal boron nitride coatings on metal alloys enhance durability, reduce friction, and protect against harsh conditions, paving the way for improvements in solar panels, semiconductors, and aerospace components. Researchers demonstrated that stainless steel and other metal alloys coated with hexagonal boron nitride, or hBN, exhibit non-stick or low-friction qualities along with improved long-term protection against [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}