Specialty Materials, Inc. manufactures and supplies boron and silicon carbide fiber products used primarily to reinforce advanced composite materials, and boron nanopowder for conversion to magnesium diboride (MgB2). The company offers boron carbide fiber products - comprised of a combination of high strength and high modulus mechanical properties for tension and compression applications; silicon carbide fiber products that handle high temperature consolidation conditions of titanium and ceramic matrix composites; and boron nanopowder for conversion to MgB2 for superconducting applications. The firm also provides glassy carbon monofilaments for use as microelectrodes for vivo electrochemistry, diffusion/boundary layer analysis, metal recovery, and saline electrochemistry applications. The companyâs products are used in various applications, such as unmanned aero vehicles, gas turbine engine components, bicycle frames, fly fishing rods, hockey sticks, compression tubes, stabilizers, gliders, golf shafts, penetrators, optical space benches, race cars, aircraft repair, nuclear reactors, magnetic resonance imaging, telecommunications, super magnets, ceramic matrix composites, titanium matrix composites, and medical electrodes, as well as in the manufacture of photovoltaic solar cell
