# Talk:Boron

give me a Bohr model boron

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to uncited text throughout the article, including entire sections. Is anyone interested in fixing up this article, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 22:58, 2 November 2024 (UTC)


### Boron
Some comments:
The article looks pretty good to me.  Some semi-random suggestions, including some snark.

One fundamental question that seems not to be confronted for element articles is scope.  Should "use" section catalogue the major uses of any compound of the element, or should it catalogue the uses of the element per se.  If the latter, there are few apps to be listed for B because the element is not widely used.
"recent" is used a few times.  That word does not work in an encyclopedia.
"has also been successfully used" -> "has also been used"
Why show an image of Sassolite?  It seems to be a rare mineral (WP:UNDUE).  The image gives the false impression that borates are colored.
Wikipedia editors, especially those less familiar with inorganic chemistry, seem to have a fixation on the possible roles of their element in human biology (see chromium, fluorine, silicon, bromine, boron, and some others).  To me, these claims are usually supported by weak refs.  Then we get fed this hyperbolic cub-scouting "On 5 September 2017, scientists reported that the Curiosity rover detected boron, an essential ingredient for life on Earth, on the planet Mars."  Wow, "scientists" did that, really?  What else do scientists do?
Insufficient mention of sodium borohydride.  From Kirk-Othmer's encyclopedia: "Sodium tetrahydroborate ... the most widely used boron hydride... Manufacturer ... Morton International Specialty Chemicals Group ... three plants, Oy Nokia Ab,  Farbenfabrik Bayer A.G. ... Chemetall Gmbh..."  That is six production facilities.  It is used in bleaching pulp, I think.
BNCT was listed as an app.  I moved it.  That theme has been pounded on for 50+ years and all sorts of boron researchers pray that it will allow them to justify their projects.  But BNCT is not used, to best of my knowledge.
MgB2 is mentioned a couple of times.  Kinda speciallized, consolidate?
mention of 20 Mule Team Borax: parochial US content?
"Boron carbide is a ceramic material which is obtained by decomposing B2O3 with carbon in an electric furnace"  You mean carbothermic?  Decomposition is a vague term for a chemical reaction.
"Boron is rare in the Universe and solar system due to trace formation in the Big Bang and in stars."  seems like cyclic argument... it is rare because it is rare.
--Smokefoot (talk) 17:11, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

I would like to add a citation to boric acid as a domestic insecticide HyperlinkJumper (talk) 20:30, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please either provide the exact citiation and where you would like it to go, or wait until you have made enough edits to edit semi-protected pages yourself. PianoDan (talk) 21:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)