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Boron
On the Periodic Table The chosen element was “Boron”. Its atomic number on the periodic table is 5. It has 5 protons/electrons and 6 neutrons. The scientific symbol for Boron is “B”. It is not a gas element; it is in between a metal and a non-metal, which they would call a metalloid or a semimetal. At room temperature, this element is a solid. The density is 2.34 g/cm3. When it is at room temperature, it is a poor electric conductor, but when it is at high temperatures, it is a good conductor. There are many types of Boron compound. Crystalline Boron is one of them, and it has the colour of a very black material. Its name of origin was from Borax and Carbon. Its melting point is at 2089°C and its boiling point is at 2550°C Boron was discovered by an American and two French chemists.
When and how it was discovered It was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy, J.L Gay-Lassac and Louis Jacques Thérnard in June 1808. It wasn’t recognized as an element until Sir Humphry Davy did its first isolation in July 1808. At first Sir Humphry Davy tried to create Boron by electrolysis of Borax, but in the end he decided to mix boric acid with potassium in a place where there was more hydrogen and he was happier with the results of Boron. J.L Gay-Lassac and Louis Jacques Thérnard also produced Boron by mixing boric acid with potassium to create Boron. At first they tried using iron to decrease the amount of boric acid at high temperatures. It was identified as an element by Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1824. Pure Boron was produced by an American chemist named Ezekiel Weintraub in 1909.
On the Periodic Table The chosen element was “Boron”. Its atomic number on the periodic table is 5. It has 5 protons/electrons and 6 neutrons. The scientific symbol for Boron is “B”. It is not a gas element; it is in between a metal and a non-metal, which they would call a metalloid or a semimetal. At room temperature, this element is a solid. The density is 2.34 g/cm3. When it is at room temperature, it is a poor electric conductor, but when it is at high temperatures, it is a good conductor. There are many types of Boron compound. Crystalline Boron is one of them, and it has the colour of a very black material. Its name of origin was from Borax and Carbon. Its melting point is at 2089°C and its boiling point is at 2550°C Boron was discovered by an American and two French chemists.
When and how it was discovered It was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy, J.L Gay-Lassac and Louis Jacques Thérnard in June 1808. It wasn’t recognized as an element until Sir Humphry Davy did its first isolation in July 1808. At first Sir Humphry Davy tried to create Boron by electrolysis of Borax, but in the end he decided to mix boric acid with potassium in a place where there was more hydrogen and he was happier with the results of Boron. J.L Gay-Lassac and Louis Jacques Thérnard also produced Boron by mixing boric acid with potassium to create Boron. At first they tried using iron to decrease the amount of boric acid at high temperatures. It was identified as an element by Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1824. Pure Boron was produced by an American chemist named Ezekiel Weintraub in 1909.