Boron
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| Type | Element |
| Difficulty of Production | Hard |
| Exists in Reality | Yes |
| Atomic Number | 5 |
Boron is a rare bluish grey metalloid. Its atomic properties make it useful as a neutron absorber.
Production
Boron has no associated ore, but is a fairly common byproduct from processing many different materials and ores, the main early game method for production being from processing rare earth chunks in an anvil.
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Boron can be produced in small amounts from centrifuging coal ash or rare earth ore chunks.
   
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It is also a result of processing red mud or gravel in a SILEX. It may also be produced from processing borax in an acidizer or arc furnace, with the former being more efficent, given the use of effectiveness modules.
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Beyond these methods of producing tiny piles of powder, is the use of the electrolysis machine to produce larger quantities from rare earth ore and lithium crystals, which will produce molten boron.
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Larger amounts of boron can be produced in the cyclotron either by bombarding beryllium with lithium or vice versa, or even by processing gravel in a SILEX.
    
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Uses
Boron has a wide range of specialised applications. Its primary use is as a neutron absorber and control rod material in several reactors such as the RBMK, PWR, Chicago pile and watz. It is also used directly to craft the research reactor, ZIRNOX, RBMK Consoles and Assembly Factory. Additionally, boron can be used to craft boron sand, which in turn can be smelted into boron glass. Boron glass can be crafted into RBMK glass cover panels and boron laboratory glassware. Finally, Boron powder is also a component of desh blend, but crafting desh from powders is not advised as producing the blend from rare earth ore directly is more efficient.
Trivia
Like cobalt and niobium, despite being found in rare earth ore in NTM, boron is not a rare earth element.
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