[Global]
Number=5
ShortName=B
CAS=7440-42-8
Name=Boron
Bloc=p
Family=Metalloid
Wikipedia=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron

[History]
Year=1808
Discoverer=Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, Louis Jacques Thenard
Etymology=Greek "beryllos" for "light-green stone"

[Values]
MeltingPoint=2349
BoilingPoint=4200
Mass=10.811
CovalentRadius=84
VanDerWaalsRadius=208
ElectronicAffinity=0.279723
Electronegativity=2.04
ElectronicConf=[He] 2s2 2p1
FirstIonistionEnergy=800.6
SecondIonisationEnergy=2427.1
ThirdIonisationEnergy=3659.7