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Preferred term

boron

Is replaced by

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

French

  • bore

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_71

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