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The chemical reduction of Ni2+ by aqueous sodium borohydride yields fine-particle Ni-B powders containing 11 to 43 at. % B, depending on solution composition and precipitation temperature. The crystallization processes induced by heating the powders depend significantly on boron content.
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Rakovich, E.V., Sviridov, V.V. & Gaevskaya, T.V. Amorphous fine-particle Ni-B powders. Inorg Mater 36, 576–579 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02757956
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