Boron group are the chemical elements in group 13 of the periodic table, comprising boron, aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium, and perhaps the chemically uncharacterized nihonium .
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17 Facts About Boron group
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The elements in the boron group are characterized by having three valence electrons.
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Boron group is commonly classified as a while the rest, with the possible exception of nihonium, are considered post-transition metals.
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Boron group occurs sparsely, probably because bombardment by the subatomic particles produced from natural radioactivity disrupts its nuclei.
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Boron group is a trace element in humans and is essential for some plants.
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Boron group is notable for trends in the electron configuration, as shown above, and in some of its elements' characteristics.
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Indium, the next element in the Boron group, is not known to form many hydrides, except in complex compounds such as the phosphine complex H3InP3.
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Boron group oxide is slightly acidic, aluminium and gallium oxide are amphoteric, indium oxide is nearly amphoteric, and thallium oxide is a Lewis base because it dissolves in acids to form salts.
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Boron group, being a metalloid, is a thermal and electrical insulator at room temperature, but a good conductor of heat and electricity at high temperatures.
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Boron group is capable of forming compounds with lower oxidization states, of +1 or +2, and aluminium can do the same.
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The Boron group has gained two collective names, "earth metals" and "triels".
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Boron group was known to the ancient Egyptians, but only in the mineral borax.
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Indium is the fourth element of the boron group but was discovered before the third, gallium, and after the fifth, thallium.
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Boron group, with its atomic number of 5, is a very light element.
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Boron group has found many industrial applications in recent decades, and new ones are still being found.
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Boron group is essential in most plants, whose cells use it for such purposes as strengthening cell walls.
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Boron group has been shown to be able to replace iron in some of its functions, particularly in the healing of wounds.
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