boron

Summary

boron is a chemical element^[1]. boron draws 4,328 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #34 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• boron is credited with the discovery of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac^[3].
• boron is credited with the discovery of Louis Jacques Thénard^[4].
• boron is credited with the discovery of Humphry Davy^[5].
• boron is credited with the discovery of Henri Moissan^[6].
• boron's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[7].
• boron's instance of is recorded as simple substance^[8].
• boron's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[9].
• borax is named after boron^[10].
• boron is made of jadarite^[11].
• boron's canonical SMILES is recorded as [B]^[12].
• boron's element symbol is recorded as B^[13].
• boron's chemical formula is recorded as B^[14].
• boron is a type of metalloid^[15].
• boron is part of group 13^[16].
• boron is part of period 2^[17].
• boron is part of boron compound^[18].
• boron's Commons category is recorded as Boron^[19].
• boron's Unicode character is recorded as 硼^[20].
• boron's time of discovery or invention is recorded as June 30, 1808^[21].
• boron's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1892^[22].
• boron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boron^[23].
• boron's Commons gallery is recorded as Boron^[24].
• boron's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}^[25].
• boron's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[26].
• boron's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[7], simple substance^[8], and lithophile^[9]. boron is a type of metalloid^[15].

Origins

borax is named after boron^[10].

Use and Application

Part of include group 13^[16], a group^[28]; period 2^[17], a period^[29]; and boron compound^[18], a structural class of chemical entities^[30].

Influence

Things named for boron include Boron^[31], a census-designated place in the United States^[32], in United States^[33]; boracite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; fluoborite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; calciborite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; borocookeite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; and kaliborite^[42], a mineral species^[43].

Why It Matters

boron draws 4,328 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #34 of 144).^[2] boron has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] boron is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for boron include Boron^[31], a census-designated place in the United States^[32], in United States^[33]; boracite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; fluoborite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; calciborite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; borocookeite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; and kaliborite^[42], a mineral species^[43].