Periodic Table · element
Boron
B · Z 5
- atomic number
- 5
- atomic mass
- 10.81
- notation
- B
- group
- 13: Boron
- period
- 2
- state0c
- Solid
- state20c
- Solid
- occurrence
- Primordial
- density
- 2.34
- melting pt
- 2075
- boiling pt
- 3927
- discovered
- 1808
- abundance
- 10
- bio class
- Ultratrace
- bio role
- Essential to plants, where it cross-links pectin in the cell wall. The case in animals is unresolved.
- ore grade
- 80000
- ore minerals
- borax, kernite, colemanite, ulexite
- mined as
- Primary
extraction
Turkey and California hold nearly all of it. Ore is mined open-pit, dissolved in hot water, filtered and recrystallised into refined borates; boric acid comes from acidifying the solution.
categories
#Metalloid#Icosagens
Referenced by
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