Boron

Boron was a substance that was present in the soil of the planet Lah'mu in the Outer Rim Territories' Raioballo sector and in the atmosphere of the Outer Rim planet Toshaal. The boron in Lahmu's soil contributed to the groundwater there having an unpleasant taste, leading the Erso family that had settled on the planet to use GX-8 water vaporators to instead distill water vapor from the atmosphere.
Boron could be used to manufacture Diamond-Boron Missiles. In 3 ABY, the Galactic Empire's governor Thorden of Toshaal's moon Toshara announced plans to restore the aging Toshaal Atmospheric Mining Station that was situated in Toshaal's orbit. In a Holonet News Toshara news report, the reporter Kotera Braal noted that the refurbishment of the station would facilitate a four-fold increase in the extraction of boron from Toshaal's atmosphere.
==Behind the scenes==
Boron was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in Pablo Hidalgo's 2016 reference book Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide. The name "boron" was originally introduced to the Star Wars franchise in the Star Wars Legends continuity via a mention of a boron power generator in Strike Force: Shantipole, a 1988 roleplaying adventure authored by Ken Rolston and Steve Gilbert and published by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.Strike Force: Shantipole Steve Perry's 1996 novel Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire subsequently provided the first identification of boron as a distinct material.Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel
In the real world, boron is a chemical element and metalloid, that, in its pure crystalline form, has a black luster and is hard but brittle. In nature, boron has low abundance and is predominantly found in the form of chemical compounds. It is essential to plant growth and also has many industrial applications. Boron is used to increase hardness in steel, and it combines with various metals to form a class of compounds called borides, with some of the latter being among the hardest and the most heat-resistant of all known substances. Boron carbide and boron nitride are the hardest known materials after diamond, with boron carbide being used in the manufacture of military armor.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Outlaws 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide 
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