Data for HRXRD study of the Theoretical densities of novel reactive sintered boride candidate neutron shielding materials

The most optimal RSB composition (B5T522W) with respect to physical properties and highest ρ/ρtheo had ρtheo = 12.59 ± 0.01 g cm−3 for ρ/ρtheo = 99.3% and had the weigh-in and post-sintered W: B: Fe abundance closest to 1: 1: 1. This work indicates that despite their novelty, RSB materials can be optimized and in principle be processed using existing cWC processing routes.<br><br>Notes on organisation for the dataset Part 1: Materials data (JMM_Novel_BorideArchive.xlsx) This spreadsheet records the recipes and the recipe generator for cWC and Reactive Sintered Boride (RSB) material.

Sample names are determined by their composition determined at weigh-in. Some exceptions occur which are explained in detail. It consists of 4 sheets: (1) Composition calculator, (2) 1450K DMK vacuum – mixed cWC-RSB and RSB compositions, (3) 1450K SinterHIPP – mostly RSB compositions and (4) evaluation.

Part 3: Raw XRD data (“cWC-RSB-XRD_raw data.xlsx”) This Excel document contains raw XRD data obtained from the powder and solid sample evaluated in this study. For all samples Co radiation was used to mitigate Fe fluorescence. Each composition has its own page with each page comprising of four columns.

Constituent phases used in TOPAS models and their relative abundances derived from the diffracted intensity fraction are shown in the spreadsheet JNM_Novel_RSB.xlsx. Data is also available for each scan in individual *.csv files. Part 3: Processed XRD data (“JNM_Novel_RSB.xlsx”) This spreadsheet contains the composition data measured from (1) direct measurements via ICP and EDX and (2) Phase data obtained from XRD scans.

Most of these sheets contain tabulated and graphical data from the models and the phase abundance determined from XRD modelling. It consists of 14 sheets: (1) Phase abundances and PDFs, (2) Composition difference – exploring composition trends, (3) Composition difference – containing direct measurements, (4) – (13) spreadsheet calculations focusing on powder and solid XRD spectra of various compositions, (14) Boride pie charts compiling all the phases identified from RSBs.