Boron is a metal in group IIIA of the periodic table with atomic number 5, an atomic weight of 10.81, and a density of 2.34 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 2300 C.

of science is important. Often, people assume this history simply involves biographies and a cultural/political analysis of the huge breakthroughs in various fields. But this ignores the history of ...

AFTER an extensive investigation, we conclude that a boron-11/boron-10 ratio of 4.00 (that is, 80/20) approaches the true natural abundance ratio much more closely than the presently ‘accepted’ value ...

Materials consisting of a few atomic layers display properties determined by quantum physics. In a stack of such layers, vibrations of the atoms can be triggered by infrared light. New experimental ...

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms would cling too tightly to copper to form borophene, a flexible, metallic ...

A new study has uncovered how tiny differences in boron atoms can help scientists better predict the long-term behavior of glass used to store hazardous waste. The findings, published in Environmental ...

Northwestern University researchers have, for the first time, created borophane -- atomically thin boron that is stable at standard temperatures and air pressures. Researchers have long been excited ...