How to Use boron in a Sentence

boron

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• The mound of waste began leaching arsenic and other harmful materials — including chromium, boron, molybdenum and more — into the water supply.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024
• To get pH values, the authors turned to boron isotopes, which act as a proxy, tracking the pH of the oceans.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2017
• For the second year in a row, testers found high levels of boron in children’s slime kits.
  — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Come on guys, these chemistry jokes are getting a bit boron.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 23 Mar. 2023
• Each one is made from a high-boron, heat-resistant glass and is about 4-5 inches tall.
  — Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2020
• It’s made from hardened boron steel that has been heat-treated to add extra strength.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022
• The weird thing about them is that the boron that turns them blue is exceedingly rare down in the Earth’s mantle and much more common in the Earth’s crust.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2018
• Inside the antenna is a small square of graphene atop a layer of boron nitride.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
• Under the skin is the same mix of high-strength steels, including an extensive use of boron steel in the passenger cell.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2018
• Stainless steel and boron steel are strong, long-lasting, and rust-resistant.
  — Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2023
• But boron was only discovered four years ago and confirmed just last year.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2017
• These stones get their blue hue from trace amounts of boron within the diamond crystal lattice.
  — Jill Newman, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2022
• Under the barren soils lies 146.5 million metric tons of lithium and boron.
  — Matt McFarland, CNN, 10 May 2021
• In some places, the atoms in the boron nitride layers line up precisely with the carbon atoms in the graphene layers, but a few nanometers away they are offset.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 17 July 2019
• Phorm Primal T is made with precise doses of boron, tribulus terrestris, and long jack 100.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
• Craftsmen fill large handmade clay pots with one and a half tons of silica and boron oxide powders.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2018
• The scientists found that nanoscale gold wires could slide with very low friction on top of hexagonal boron nitride.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2023
• Some diamonds have a boron impurity that gives them a vivid blue hue.
  — Chris Impey, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
• Curiosity is the first rover on Mars to even detect boron, which shows how much remains unknown about the planet.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2016
• There are also five hot-stamped boron steel skid plates under the truck to keep vitals protected from below.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 8 Dec. 2022
• Instead of a flimsy metal space-frame chassis, there's extensive use of boron steel in the chassis.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2018
• Some detergents contain boron, which is toxic to plants; bleach also makes soil less healthy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
• The boron, which is encased by protective rock, heads miles underground to the lower mantle.
  — Christopher Carbone, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2018
• The formula also contains magnesium and boron, which reduce the amount of SHBG in your bloodstream.
  — Dallas News, 18 May 2022
• To test those predictions, Hu and his colleagues placed a tiny piece of boron arsenide less than 100 microns thick in the gap between two diamonds.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
• ConnPIRG found levels of boron, lead and cadmium far beyond the legal limits in a number of toys.
  — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• But this seep’s water is much warmer, has a low salinity and has components such as boron and lithium that aren’t found in other seeps or elsewhere on the ocean floor.
  — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• That liquid contains lithium and other metals such as manganese, zinc and boron.
  — Stacy Morford, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022
• That’s the boron nitride in the formula, explains cosmetic chemist Ginger King.
  — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 23 Sep. 2023
• Research has highlighted the benefits of using a boron nitride crystal substrate to increase the heat transfer capacity.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024