Boron group

The boron group, also known as Group III and Group 13, is a group of elements on the periodic table. Most of its members are poor metals, except for boron. Boron is a semimetal. The rest of the elements are soft metals.

List

• Boron, brittle hard black semimetal (used to make soap)
• Aluminium, common soft silvery metal (used to make cans)
• Gallium, easily melted silvery metal (used to make mirrors)
• Indium, soft silvery metal (used to make solar panels)
• Thallium, highly toxic very soft metal (used to make camera lenses)
• Nihonium, unstable manmade element (unknown)

Gallery

• Boron mNACTEC.jpg

  Boron

• Aluminium-4.jpg

  Aluminium

• Gallium.png

  Gallium

• Indium.jpg

  Indium

• Thallium-croprotated.jpg

  Thallium

Boron Group Media

• B2O3powder.JPG

  A powdered sample of boron trioxide (B2O3), one of the oxides of boron

• Borgruppe.jpg

  The 5 stable elements of the boron group

• Sphalerite2USGOV.jpg

  The mineral zinc blende, more commonly known as sphalerite, in which indium can occur.

• A small bundle of fiberglass

• Uv-LED.jpg

  Gallium is one of the chief components of blue LEDs