Boring boron?
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry
To make the most of the chemical environment you have to be alert to the unexpected. On a country walk in the Chiltern hills, I was climbing over a stile when I glanced at the wooden pole carrying electricity cables to a nearby farm. There was a small notice attached: BORON RODS IMPLANTED. Boron? Boron rods? Whenever I have seen boron it has been as an amorphous brownish coloured powder. So what is going on? And where is the boron?
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