Name:AlanizEnriquez

Date:09/15/14
PeriodicalsElementResearch

ElementSelected:Boron
Whydidyouselectthiselement?
BasicInfo:
ElementName:Boron
ElementSymbol:B
AtomicNumber:5
AtomicMass:10.8111
ElementClassification(metal,nonmetal,gas):metalloid
Period:2
Group:13
Density:2.460
AtomicRadius:87pm
MeltingPoint:2075C(3767F)
BoilingPoint:4000C(7232F)
Electronegativity:2.04
ElectronConfiguration: s s p 1
2

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2

2
1

NumberofStableIsotopes(ifany):2
Whatdoesthenamemean?(usuallyinGreek):Arabic'buraq',whichwasthenamefor
borax

SourceforBasicInfo
Title:TheElements:AVisualExplorationofEveryKnownAtomintheUniverse
MLACitation:Gray,TheodoreW.,andNickMann.TheElements:AVisualExplorationof
EveryKnownAtomintheUniverse.NewYork:BlackDog&Leventhal,2009.N.pag.Print.

ElementFactsSource1

Source1Title:http://www.rsc.org/periodictable/element/5/boron
MLACitation:"Boron."ElementInformation,PropertiesandUses.N.p.,n.d.Web.17Sept.
2014.

HistoryFacts
ForcenturiestheonlysourceofboronwasthecrystallizeddepositsofLakeYamdokChoinTibet
usedasafluxbygoldsmiths
extractedboronbyheatingboraxwithpotassiummetalin1808,thesameyearSirHumphreydidthesame
In1892,apuresampleofbornwasextractedbyHenriMoissan
E.Weintraub,aUSscientistmadepureboronbymixingboronchloride,BCl
3
vapour,andhydrogen.

UsesFacts
1. amorphousboronisusedinpyrotechnicflarestomakeagreencolor
2. inrocketsasignitor
3. compoundfromboronboraxwhichissometimeaningredientinlaundrybooster
4. boronsupplementshelpwithbonehealth
5. mildantiseptic

PropertiesFacts
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3.
4.

ElementFactsSource2

Source2Title:http://www.chemicool.com/elements/boron.html
MLACitation:"Boron."ChemicoolPeriodicTable.Chemicool.com.15Oct.2012.Web.9/17/2014
<http://www.chemicool.com/elements/boron.html>.

HistoryFacts
1. knownandusedbyancientculturesforyears
2. firstpartiallyisolatedbyfrenchscientists,LouisJosefGayLussacandLouisJacquesThnardin
1808
3. in2004JiuhuaChenandVladimirL.Solozhenkomadeanewformofboron
4. boronisconsideredaschizophrenicelementbyartemOganovin2009
5. ArtemOganovwasabletodemonstratethenewformofboronandthatitcontains2structures,
in2009

UsesFacts
1. usedtodopesiliconandgermanium,semiconductors,changingtheirelectricalproperties.
2. boronoxide,usedinglassmakingandceramics
3. boraxisusedasacleaner,fiberglass,insecticide,watersoftener,anddisinfectant
4. boricacidcanbeusedasamildantiseptic,andflameretardant
5. boronnitrideusedinhightemperatureequipment

PropertiesFacts
1. metalloid
2. doesntgenerallymakeionicbonds
3. cantransmitportionsofinfraredlight
4. poorroomtemperatureconductorofelectricity
5. metallicboronhasaveryhighmeltingpointandisextremelyhard