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Boron

noun

A trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder. Synonyms: atomic number 5, B.

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... processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... Rowland adds: "The substances under the head of 'Not in the Solar Spectrum' are often placed there because the elements have few strong lines or none at all in the limit of the solar spectrum when the arc spectrum, which I have used, is employed. Thus, boron has only two strong lines at 2497. Again, the lines of bismuth are all compound, and so too diffuse to appear in the solar spectrum. Indeed, some good reason generally appears for their absence from the solar spectrum. Of course, there is ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 • Various

Words linked to "Boron" : kernite, element, boric, chemical element, borax