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Boron Autobiography

Boron Autobiography. By: Patrice Ann Frank. General information. I am a proud family member of the Boron Family in group 13 (3). I am located in the P-block. My atomic number is 5. My atomic weight is 10.811 My symbol is “B”. Who founded me?.

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Boron Autobiography

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  1. Boron Autobiography By: Patrice Ann Frank

  2. General information.. • I am a proud family member of the Boron Family in group 13 (3). • I am located in the P-block. • My atomic number is 5. • My atomic weight is 10.811 • My symbol is “B”

  3. Who founded me? • I was discovered by Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jaques Thénard, they were both French chemists in 1808. • I was also independently found by Sir Humphry Davy, an English chemist, in 1808.

  4. Pictures/Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flju7NvWJ3c

  5. Why am I so special? • Well for one, I am the only non-metal in my family. • I am the top manufacture of glass. • The most common natural form of me is borax and it has a wide variety of uses. It is used in laundry detergents and cleaning compounds, fertilizers and fire retardants. Borax is also used as a water clarifier in swimming pools, aquariums and in enamels which cover the steel of refrigerators, washing machines, and other like objects. • I prevent osteoporosis, by helping the construction and maintenance of healthy bones.

  6. Me and my Besties.. • One thing’s for sure we can not stand the noble gases, they're like snobbish rich kids. • Oxygen is definitely my bestest friend of all.

  7. What important things have I done? I have created detergent. Made glass. Also helped produce fertilizer.

  8. Uses.. • The pure me is a little-used black powder and I’m specially used in many industries such as, making glass, detergent and is also used for agriculture. • I am defined as, a soft, brown, amorphous or crystalline nonmetallic element, extracted chiefly from kernite and borax and used in flares, propellant mixtures, nuclear reactor control elements, abrasives, and hard metallic alloys.

  9. Compounds • boric acid (H3BO3) • Sodium borate decahydrate (Na2B4O7·10H2O) aka Borax

  10. Other info.. • Melting Point: 2348 K (2075°C or 3767°F) • Boiling Point: 4273 K (4000°C or 7232°F) • Density: 2.37 grams per cubic centimeter • Phase at Room Temperature: Solid • Element Classification: Semi-metal

  11. Work Cited.. • http://www.buzzle.com/articles/boron-uses.html • http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele005.html • http://discovery.yukozimo.com/who-discovered-boron/

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