How is boron used in everyday life?

Welcome to the element boron (B). It's the big number five on the periodic table of elements. Society has used boron for thousands of years, but it wasn't isolated and named until 1808. Sir Humphry Davy, Guy Lussac and another scientist named Theonard gave boron its name. You may have heard of borax. Boron is in those cleaning compounds. read more

Boron has a wide variety of uses, it's used in most of the care products we have today, in fact, most of you probably have boron in your glasses. We use boron everyday without even knowing about it, things such as softeners, fireworks, antiseptics, fiberglass, and it's even used as mineral by plants. read more

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