Definitions
Metalloid element used in glass and detergents.
Word origin
From the stem of borax (boro-) + -on (based on carbon). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.
Used in a sentence
“The B₆-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.”
“PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.”
“For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B₆ cluster provide these orbitals.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Element number five”5 letters
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