What exactly does this material offer in comparison to the ones we usually find in graphite and titatiuum?

Is there something specifically in Boron that makes it so different from all the others? Thanks for clearing things up.

I also want to know. Boron has being faded away when Titanium was being introduced. Some time ago, the Chinese National Team used Yonex Boron 2 (1?). I was too young to know the truth.

I heard that Boron was being used to increase the stiffness. Is it true?

I was old enough to own and break two of these rackets! It was suppose to have a stiff head compared to Carbonex21 but unfortunately it was just as fragile.
As for boron composite it is no more than a gimmick but I was told boron is by far more expensive material to make compare to say titalium.
The design is very much like the Ti-10 I use now but less fragile. I had the Ti-10 for over two years now without any problems.

Robbie, are you suggesting that Boron is a suitably more expensive but equally durable and powerful alternative to titanium? If so, it's too bad manufacturers don't produce boron rackets that much anymore...

He He:D I am stilling using boron 2, owning boron 200 and Aerotus 80. (all are boron rackets)

Boron is an excellent material since it can generate great power.

But it is expensive and short life. The Boron fibre would be soften after 3-4 years.

I though Boron was a toxic gas? My chemistry teacher once held a tube of boron gas in his hand and told us we should run to the door if he dropped it because it would kill everyone in the room within 2 minutes. I think it's because it would eat away your lungs if you inhaled it, much like Chlorine gas, except Boron is more reactive and hence less of it is needed to kill you. (They used cholorine gas in WWII instead of boron gas because chlorine is much cheaper.)

Boron in the gas form is toxic. Boron in the solid form is not.
In some of the earlier product experimentations to produce a stiffer stronger racquet, boron was introduced. Boron is one of the hardest semi-metals, second or third only to diamonds. Unfortunately the mating of boron and graphite did not have long term endurance. Boron makes the racquet very stiff and powerful, but the downside is brittleness. There was a higher tendency for some of the boron graphite racquets to shatter or splinter.

I have had a couple Boron 200's - beautiful racquets. Both shattered during play - no clashing.

Titanium still relatively fresh in the marketing mind - has stronger qualities of steel, lighter than steel, and flexible. But Titanium doesn't mix with graphite, which is why it is used as meshes, providing a sort of reinforcing wrap. Whereas the boron is actually mixed in with the graphite.