Boron

Boron
Properties
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 can be produced in small amounts from centrifuging coal ash or rare earth ore chunks.

Centrifuge

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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 acidier or arc furnace, with the former being more efficent, given the use of effectiveness modules.

Acidizer

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Arc Furnace

Larger amounts of Boron can be produced in the cyclotron either by bombarding beryllium with lithium or vice versa:

Cyclotron

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.

Gallery

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  Powder

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  Fragment

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  Tiny powder

External Links

• Boron at Wikipedia