English Explanatory Dictionary

boron-10

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stable isotope, 105B, having five protons and five neutrons, that makes up about 20% of natural boron; it is a good absorber of slow neutrons and is used as a radiation shield in Geiger counters

Word forms

boron-10

Related words

boron-11
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