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Allotropes of boron

Index Allotropes of boron

Boron can be prepared in several crystalline and amorphous forms. [1]

40 relations: Ab initio quantum chemistry methods, Aluminium, Amorphous solid, Band gap, Boride, Boron, Boron carbides, Boron nitride, Boron trioxide, Borophene, Borospherene, Bulk modulus, Carbonado, Chemical vapor deposition, Conchoidal fracture, Covalent bond, Crystal, Crystal structure prediction, Crystallite, Czochralski process, Diborane, Hexagonal crystal family, Hydrogen, Icosahedron, Laser, Magnesium, Metal, Mikhail Eremets, Orthorhombic crystal system, Polymorphism (materials science), Rhenium, Semiconductor, Sputter deposition, Superconductivity, Tantalum, Tetragonal crystal system, Tungsten, Vickers hardness test, X-ray crystallography, Zone melting.

Ab initio quantum chemistry methods

Ab initio quantum chemistry methods are computational chemistry methods based on quantum chemistry.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Amorphous solid

In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous (from the Greek a, without, morphé, shape, form) or non-crystalline solid is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal.

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Band gap

In solid-state physics, a band gap, also called an energy gap or bandgap, is an energy range in a solid where no electron states can exist.

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Boride

A boride is a compound between boron and a less electronegative element, for example silicon boride (SiB3 and SiB6).

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Boron

Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5.

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Boron carbides

Boron carbides are boron–carbon compounds.

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Boron nitride

Boron nitride is a heat and chemically resistant refractory compound of boron and nitrogen with the chemical formula BN.

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Boron trioxide

Boron trioxide (or diboron trioxide) is one of the oxides of boron.

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Borophene

Borophene is a proposed crystalline allotrope of boron.

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Borospherene

Borospherene (B40) is a cluster molecule containing 40 boron atoms.

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Bulk modulus

The bulk modulus (K or B) of a substance is a measure of how resistant to compressibility that substance is.

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Carbonado

Carbonado, commonly known as the "black diamond", is the toughest form of natural diamond.

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Chemical vapor deposition

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is deposition method used to produce high quality, high-performance, solid materials, typically under vacuum.

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Conchoidal fracture

Conchoidal fracture describes the way that brittle materials break or fracture when they do not follow any natural planes of separation.

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Covalent bond

A covalent bond, also called a molecular bond, is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.

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Crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

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Crystal structure prediction

Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is the calculation of the crystal structures of solids from first principles.

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Crystallite

A crystallite is a small or even microscopic crystal which forms, for example, during the cooling of many materials.

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Czochralski process

The Czochralski process is a method of crystal growth used to obtain single crystals of semiconductors (e.g. silicon, germanium and gallium arsenide), metals (e.g. palladium, platinum, silver, gold), salts and synthetic gemstones.

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Diborane

Diborane is the chemical compound consisting of boron and hydrogen with the formula B2H6.

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Hexagonal crystal family

In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal family is one of the 6 crystal families, which includes 2 crystal systems (hexagonal and trigonal) and 2 lattice systems (hexagonal and rhombohedral).

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Icosahedron

In geometry, an icosahedron is a polyhedron with 20 faces.

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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Metal

A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.

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Mikhail Eremets

Mikhail Ivanovich Eremets (born 3 January 1949) is an experimentalist in high pressure physics, chemistry, and materials science.

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Orthorhombic crystal system

In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems.

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Polymorphism (materials science)

In materials science, polymorphism is the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure.

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Rhenium

Rhenium is a chemical element with symbol Re and atomic number 75.

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Semiconductor

A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor – such as copper, gold etc.

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Sputter deposition

Sputter deposition is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) method of thin film deposition by sputtering.

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Superconductivity

Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance and expulsion of magnetic flux fields occurring in certain materials, called superconductors, when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature.

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Tantalum

Tantalum is a chemical element with symbol Ta and atomic number 73.

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Tetragonal crystal system

In crystallography, the tetragonal crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems.

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Tungsten

Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W (referring to wolfram) and atomic number 74.

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Vickers hardness test

The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure the hardness of materials.

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X-ray crystallography

X-ray crystallography is a technique used for determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline atoms cause a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions.

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Zone melting

Zone melting (or zone refining or floating zone process or travelling melting zone) is a group of similar methods of purifying crystals, in which a narrow region of a crystal is melted, and this molten zone is moved along the crystal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_boron

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