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Post #158,950

by imric

6/8/04 6:38:28 AM

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Name: boron
Symbol: B
Atomic number: 5

Standard state: solid at 298 K
Colour: black
Classification: Semi-metallic

Name: bohrium
Symbol: Bh
Atomic number: 107

* Standard state: presumably a solid at 298 K
* Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance
* Classification: Metallic

Bohrium is a synthetic element that is not present in the environment at all. The German discoverers at GSI proposed the name Nielsbohrium (symbol Ns) after Niels Bohr. IUPAC are happy to name an element after Bohr but suggest bohrium (Bh) on the grounds that the first name of a person does not appear in the names of any other element named after a person. This seems to have been accepted by all concerned.

...copied from webelements.com

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Post #158,951

by pwhysall

6/8/04 7:12:55 AM

This is why....

CRC is a conslutant and not a chemist :-)

Post #158,952

by deSitter

6/8/04 7:20:27 AM

Re: ..........

A "boron" is a quantum of Win32. Exchange of virtual borons is what repels a sane person from Windows.

-drl

Post #158,953

by pwhysall

6/8/04 7:22:37 AM

Nononono.

Borons are the particles that are emitted from people who argue about the minutiae of American politics.

They have no harmful effects, unless you count an irresistible urge to Mark Topic Read as harmful :-)

Post #158,963

by imric

6/8/04 9:48:38 AM

ROFL!

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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.

Post #158,960

by CRConrad

6/8/04 8:22:48 AM

6/8/04 8:24:28 AM

Oh - then WTF is boron named for?

Aha -- "[link|http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0808388.html|New Gr. from borax]".

And, "...first isolated in England in 1807 by Sir Humphry Davy...", yadda yadda; no, that doesn't seem to have anything to do with Niels.

Looks like I larnt sumpin today, too.

Thanks!

[Edit: Un-fucking-bleievable, but truly the LRPDism I got after posting: "Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?"]

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Edited by CRConrad June 8, 2004, 08:24:28 AM EDT

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Post #159,107

by a6l6e6x

6/8/04 7:50:06 PM

But you must admit bohrium would be more dense. :)

Alex

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher

Computer naming schemes. - (Silverlock) - (38) - May 28, 2004, 10:05:44 AM EDT

having worked in large scale enterprises just a couple of - (boxley) - May 28, 2004, 11:30:15 AM EDT

I named them the MAC address. - (folkert) - (21) - May 28, 2004, 07:27:24 PM EDT

I like that idea. - (Silverlock) - (20) - May 28, 2004, 09:11:45 PM EDT

I don't - (deSitter) - (19) - May 29, 2004, 10:39:05 AM EDT

Agree with Ross. -NT - (jbrabeck) - May 29, 2004, 12:41:06 PM EDT

Concur. - (pwhysall) - (6) - May 29, 2004, 01:54:09 PM EDT

Which is Exactly why I used the MAC address. - (folkert) - (5) - May 29, 2004, 03:16:55 PM EDT

Seems overengineered to me., - (pwhysall) - (3) - May 29, 2004, 03:41:52 PM EDT

Yeap... - (folkert) - (2) - May 29, 2004, 05:57:25 PM EDT

My case 15k winders boxen nationwide - (boxley) - May 29, 2004, 06:42:36 PM EDT

Re: Yeap... - (pwhysall) - May 30, 2004, 03:49:01 AM EDT

O peanut, I thee sledge -NT - (deSitter) - May 29, 2004, 03:54:48 PM EDT

I never name them after users or jobs. - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - May 29, 2004, 03:04:56 PM EDT

Re: I never name them after users or jobs. - (deSitter) - May 29, 2004, 04:00:11 PM EDT

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - May 29, 2004, 04:03:44 PM EDT

Theme names - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - May 29, 2004, 04:51:32 PM EDT

I've always cautioned to be careful with names. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - May 29, 2004, 05:14:18 PM EDT

Re: I've always cautioned to be careful with names. - (deSitter) - May 30, 2004, 02:18:00 AM EDT

Sure... good reason TO use it. Thanks. - (folkert) - (2) - May 29, 2004, 03:27:01 PM EDT

Re: Sure... good reason TO use it. Thanks. - (deSitter) - (1) - May 29, 2004, 04:02:57 PM EDT

I don't want to get into a pissing war. - (folkert) - May 29, 2004, 06:00:22 PM EDT

Re: MAC address conveys no new information. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 29, 2004, 04:08:06 PM EDT

Sure, like FCC ID -NT - (deSitter) - May 29, 2004, 04:44:50 PM EDT

When I named computers - (orion) - May 29, 2004, 04:35:29 PM EDT

Planets, car names, table of elements, movie and book chars - (lister) - (13) - June 7, 2004, 03:45:57 PM EDT

Ineptium? -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 03:52:02 PM EDT

I only used the real element names, no made up ones -NT - (lister) - June 7, 2004, 04:23:54 PM EDT

Dubnium? Bohrium? -NT - (drewk) - June 7, 2004, 03:54:10 PM EDT

Boron? -NT - (imric) - (9) - June 7, 2004, 04:51:59 PM EDT

DING! -NT - (lister) - June 7, 2004, 05:01:45 PM EDT

That IS "Bohrium", kinda, AFAIK: It's named for Niels Bohr. -NT - (CRConrad) - (7) - June 8, 2004, 05:35:22 AM EDT

.......... - (imric) - (6) - June 8, 2004, 06:38:28 AM EDT

This is why.... - (pwhysall) - June 8, 2004, 07:12:55 AM EDT

Re: .......... - (deSitter) - (2) - June 8, 2004, 07:20:27 AM EDT

Nononono. - (pwhysall) - June 8, 2004, 07:22:37 AM EDT

ROFL! -NT - (imric) - June 8, 2004, 09:48:38 AM EDT

Oh - then WTF is boron named for? - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 8, 2004, 08:24:28 AM EDT

But you must admit bohrium would be more dense. :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - June 8, 2004, 07:50:06 PM EDT

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