Solid-state phase transformations and melting of high-purity crystalline boron have been in situ and ex situ studied at pressures to 20 GPa in the 1500-2500 K temperature range where diffusion processes become fast and lead to formation of thermodynamically stable phases. The equilibrium phase diagram of boron has been constructed based on thermodynamic analysis of experimental and literature d...

this study was aimed to assess the effects of excess boron on 59 genetically divergent wheat accessions and to identify those with high and stable yields under a range of soil boron concentrations. the second aim was to test the applicability of a laboratory technique performed at juvenile stages of development in estimating field boron tolerance. the study comprised a control and three boron t...

The increasing use of a variety of postindustrial wastes believed to be benign in the compost process raises the concern of presence and toxicity of xenobiotics, defined as compounds that have been introduced into the environment by artificial means at any point in their useful cycle, and which may or may not later exert harmful influences if present in composts. Boron (B) is a trace element th...

Elemental phosphorus has been known for about 350 years. As a result of huge scientific interest, numerous textbooks are filled with information about this element, its different allotropes, and its compounds. [1] Like boron and carbon, the element features tremendous structural variability, resulting in great diversity of physical properties and chemical reactivity: White phosphorus, P4, forms...

The effects of boron on the grain boundary and surface energies in iron at 900 and 1000 OC and AISI 316 stainless steel in the temperature range 950-1 250 OC were investigated. It was found that boron reduced these energies in a manner typical of an element with low solubility in the matrix. It has been found that boron improves the grain boundary strength of iron at low temperatures [I] and in...

The alkaline-earth element bis(trimethylsilyl)amides, [Ae{N(SiMe3 )2 }2 (thf)2 ] [Ae=Mg, Ca, Sr], are effective precatalysts for boron-nitrogen bond formation through the desilacoupling of amines, RR'NH (R=alkyl, aryl; R'=H, alkyl, aryl), and pinBSiMe2 Ph. This reactivity also yields a stoichiometric quantity of Me2 PhSiH and provides the first example of a catalytic main-group element-element ...

As we examine the role of micronutrients in turfgrass nutrition, we enter murky waters when we consider the functions of boron. There is a scarcity of specific research on turfgrasses, so there remain questions about its roles. Since this subject has been reviewed recently (Blevins and Lukaszewski 1998), we interpret the current state of knowledge about boron's importance to turfgrass managemen...

Boron is recognize(d as an essential micronutrient for higher plants, but the precise role of this element in plant growth and development is not clear. In Gaugh and Dugger's (3) comprehensive review they presented and discussed a wide spectrum of proposed roles and effects of boron on higher plants. From their own work and their interpretative review of the literature they concluded that "boro...