{"id":2937,"date":"2022-04-29T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2022-04-29T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:28:10","slug":"boron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/boron\/","title":{"rendered":"Boron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Boron<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chemistry\/2017\/11\/18071206\/Boron_Tile-300x300.png\" alt=\"Boron\" class=\"wp-image-15773\" title=\"Boron\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Symbol<\/td><td>B<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Number<\/td><td>5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Mass<\/td><td>10.821 amu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discovered by<\/td><td>Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1808<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemical Properties of Boron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Group<\/td><td>13 (Boron Group)<\/td><td>Melting point<\/td><td>2349K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Period<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>Boiling point<\/td><td>4200K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Block<\/td><td>p-block<\/td><td>Density (g cm<sup>\u22123<\/sup>)<\/td><td>2.08 (when liquid)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic number<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>Electron configuration<\/td><td>[He]2s<sup>2<\/sup>2p<sup>1<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>State at 20\u00b0C<\/td><td>Solid<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Boron?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Boron is a chemical element with atomic number five and it is a low abundant element that is found in the earth\u2019s crust and solar system. Boron is a metalloid.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uses of Boron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Sodium tetraborate decahydrate or borax is the most important compound of boron, which is used to insulate fibreglass and\u00a0sodium\u00a0perborate bleach.<\/li><li>Boric acid is one of the important compounds in textile products. Boron compounds are also used in organic synthesis, a particular type of glass manufacture and as a wood preservative.<\/li><li>Borax was earlier used to make perborate, which is the bleaching agent widely used in some detergents.<\/li><li>Boron compounds are also found in homes in the form of food preservatives, especially for fish and margarine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Properties of Boron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It\u2019s a poor conductor of electricity and can also be found in ceramics, flare guns, and fibre glasses.<\/li><li>Boron has several forms and amorphous boron which are a dark powder and unreactive to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/chemistry\/oxygen\/\">oxygen<\/a>, water, alkalis, and acids are the most common. It forms borides when reacts with metals.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boron Symbol B Atomic Number 5 Atomic Mass 10.821 amu Discovered by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1808 Chemical Properties of Boron Group 13 (Boron Group) Melting point 2349K Period 2 Boiling point 4200K Block p-block Density (g cm\u22123) 2.08 (when liquid) Atomic number 5 Electron configuration [He]2s22p1 State at 20\u00b0C Solid What is Boron? Boron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}