boron-10

English

Noun

boron-10 (uncountable)

(physics) A stable isotope, ¹⁰₅B, having five protons and five neutrons, that makes up about 20% of natural boron; it is a good absorber of slow neutrons and is used as a radiation shield in Geiger counters

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boron-11

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