Preferred term
boron
Definition
- [GEMET] A very hard almost colourless crystalline metalloid element that in impure form exists as a brown amorphous powder. It occurs principally in borax and is used in hardening steel.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- B
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- بورون
Bulgarian
- Бор
Croatian
- bor
Czech
- bór
Danish
- bor
Dutch
- borium
Estonian
- boor
Finnish
- boori
French
- bore
German
- Bor
Greek
- βόριο
Hungarian
- bór
Italian
- boro
Latvian
- bors
Lithuanian
- boras
Norwegian
- bor
Polish
- bor
Portuguese
- boro
Romanian
- bor
Slovak
- bór
Slovenian
- bor
Spanish
- boro
Swedish
- bor
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20802