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The Borate Minerals are minerals which contain a borate anion group. The borate (BO 3) units may be polymerised similar to the SiO 4 unit of the silicate mineral class. This results in B 2 O 5, B 3 O 6, B 2 O 4 anions as well as more complex structures which include hydroxide or halogen anions. [2] The [B(O,OH) 4] − anion exists as well.
Ulexite is a borate mineral because its formula (NaCaB 5 O 6 (OH) 6 ·5H 2 O) contains boron and oxygen. The isolated borate polyanion [B 5 O 6 (OH) 6] 3− has five boron atoms, therefore placing ulexite in the pentaborate group. Ulexite is a structurally complex mineral, with a basic structure containing chains of sodium, water and hydroxide ...
Borate ions occur, alone or with other anions, in many borate and borosilicate minerals such as borax, boracite, ulexite (boronatrocalcite) and colemanite. Borates also occur in seawater, where they make an important contribution to the absorption of low frequency sound in seawater. [1] Borates also occur in plants, including almost all fruits. [2]
Barium borate is an inorganic compound, a borate of barium with a chemical formula BaB 2 O 4 or Ba(BO 2) 2. It is available as a hydrate or dehydrated form, as white powder or colorless crystals. The crystals exist in the high-temperature α phase and low-temperature β phase, abbreviated as BBO ; both phases are birefringent , and BBO is a ...
Borate sulfides are chemical mixed anion compounds that contain any kind of borate and sulfide ions. They are distinct from thioborates in which sulfur atoms replace oxygen in borates. There are also analogous borate selenides , with selenium ions instead of sulfur.
The formose reaction is of importance to the question of the origin of life, as it leads from simple formaldehyde to complex sugars like ribose, a building block of RNA.In one experiment simulating early Earth conditions, pentoses formed from mixtures of formaldehyde, glyceraldehyde, and borate minerals such as colemanite (Ca 2 B 6 O 11 5H 2 O) or kernite (Na 2 B 4 O 7). [6]
Borate glasses also have major differences in their optical properties. [ 2 ] The single largest use of boron compounds in the world (accounting for half of total global use) is the production of certain types of boron-treated glass fiber for insulating and structural fiberglass . [ 3 ]
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