Boron oxide appears as colorless, semi-transparent glassy lumps or hard white odorless crystals. Mp 450?; bp: 1860?. Density: 2.46 g cm-3. Moderately soluble in water. Used as an insecticide; as the starting material for the synthesis of other boron compounds; as a fluxing agent in enamels and glasses; and in mixture with 2-6% boron nitride, as a bonding agent in the hot isostatic pressing of boron nitride ceramics. Colorless, semitransparent lumps or hard, white, odorless crystals. Molecular Formula: B2O3;B2O3;B2O3 IUPAC Name: oxo(oxoboranyloxy)borane SMILES: B(=O)OB=O Alfa Chemistry Materials product group: Glass Manufacturer data sheet |