Table 1.
Treatment used in this study

No	Treatment	Pre-treatment	Densification	Size of samples (cm3)
1	None (control)	-	-	2 × 2 × 2
2	2B0CR	Hot-soaking within 2% boron	-	2 × 2 × 2
3	5B0CR	Hot-soaking within 5% boron	-	2 × 2 × 2
4	0B20CR	-	20% compression ratio	2 × 2 × 2.4
5	2B20CR	Hot-soaking within 2% boron	20% compression ratio	2 × 2 × 2.4
6	5B20CR	Hot-soaking within 5% boron	20% compression ratio	2 × 2 × 2.4
7	0B40CR	-	40% compression ratio	2 × 2 × 2.8
8	2B40CR	Hot-soaking within 2% boron	40% compression ratio	2 × 2 × 2.8
9	5B40CR	Hot-soaking within 5% boron	40% compression ratio	2 × 2 × 2.8