Boron is a chemical element. It has the symbol B and atomic number 5. In its crystalline form it is a brittle, dark, lustrous metalloid; in its amorphous...
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Boron nitride is a thermally and chemically resistant refractory compound of boron and nitrogen with the chemical formula BN. It exists in various crystalline...
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The boron group are the chemical elements in group 13 of the periodic table, consisting of boron (B), aluminium (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), thallium...
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Boron (5B) naturally occurs as isotopes 10 B and 11 B , the latter of which makes up about 80% of natural boron. There are 13 radioisotopes that have...
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Boronization is a wall conditioning technique for fusion machines (such as tokamaks), where a thin film of boron is deposited on the walls of the vacuum...
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Boron trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula BF3. This pungent, colourless, and toxic gas forms white fumes in moist air. It is a useful...
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Boron carbide (chemical formula approximately B4C) is an extremely hard boron–carbon ceramic, a covalent material used in tank armor, bulletproof vests...
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Boric acid (redirect from Boron hydroxide)
Boric acid, more specifically orthoboric acid, is a compound of boron, oxygen, and hydrogen with formula B(OH)3. It may also be called hydrogen orthoborate...
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Diborane (redirect from Boron hydride)
repulsively sweet odor. Given its simple formula, borane is a fundamental boron compound. It has attracted wide attention for its electronic structure....
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Boron (formerly Amargo, Baker, Borate, and Kern) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Boron is 15 miles (24 km)...
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Boron or Borón is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Atilio Borón (born 1943), Argentinean sociologist Kathrin Boron (born 1969), German...
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Boron steel refers to steel alloyed with a small amount of boron, usually less than 1%. The addition of boron to steel greatly increases the hardenability...
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Boron reacts with halogens to give the corresponding trihalides. Boron trichloride is, however, produced industrially by direct chlorination of boron...
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Boron trifluoride etherate, strictly boron trifluoride diethyl etherate, or boron trifluoride–ether complex, is the chemical compound with the formula...
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Aneutronic fusion (redirect from Proton–boron fusion)
polywell research. A picosecond pulse of a 10-terawatt laser produced hydrogen–boron aneutronic fusions for a Russian team in 2005. However, the number of the...
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Boron trioxide or diboron trioxide is the oxide of boron with the formula B2O3. It is a colorless transparent solid, almost always glassy (amorphous),...
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Organoboron chemistry (redirect from Carbon-boron bond)
compounds, also called organoboranes. These chemical compounds combine boron and carbon; typically, they are organic derivatives of borane (BH3), as...
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formula (NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O) contains boron and oxygen. The isolated borate polyanion [B5O6(OH)6]3− has five boron atoms, therefore placing ulexite in the...
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Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are a polymorph of boron nitride. They were predicted in 1994 and experimentally discovered in 1995. Structurally they...
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Boron deficiency is a common deficiency of the micronutrient boron in plants. It is the most widespread micronutrient deficiency around the world and causes...
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Standard Oil of Ohio (redirect from Boron Oil)
using the 'Standard' name in other states. In nearby states, it used the Boron brand name (introduced in 1954) instead, but with an otherwise-similar logo...
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A boronic acid is an organic compound related to boric acid (B(OH)3) in which one of the three hydroxyl groups (−OH) is replaced by an alkyl or aryl group...
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Borate (section Complex oxyanions containing boron)
A borate is any of a range of boron oxyanions, anions containing boron and oxygen, such as orthoborate BO3−3, metaborate BO−2, or tetraborate B4O2−7; or...
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Boron oxide may refer to one of several oxides of boron: Boron trioxide (B2O3, diboron trioxide), the most common form Boron monoxide (BO) Boron suboxide...
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Boron tribromide, BBr3, is a colorless, fuming liquid compound containing boron and bromine. Commercial samples usually are amber to red/brown, due to...
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Boron fluoride can refer to: Boron monofluoride, a gas stable only at very low temperatures Boron trifluoride, a stable gas Diboron tetrafluoride (B2F4)...
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Superhard material (section Cubic boron nitride)
superhard. Higher boron content leads to higher hardness because of the increased density of short, covalent boron-boron and boron-metal bonds. However...
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Boron pnictide can refer to any of the following materials: Normal boron pnictides: Boron nitride, BN Boron phosphide, BP Boron arsenide, BAs Boron subpnictides:...
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number 5. Boron may also refer to: Boron (surname) Boron, California, a census-designated place in the United States Boron Air Force Station Boron, Ivory...
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Boron can be prepared in several crystalline and amorphous forms. Well known crystalline forms are α-rhombohedral (α-R), β-rhombohedral (β-R), and β-tetragonal...
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