KMM 466 - BORON TECHNOLOGY

Course Objectives

1. To provide students with basic knowledge in boron chemistry (1,4)
2. To provide students with information about industrial boron compounds and their uses (1,4)
3. To provide students with information on production principles of boron compounds (1,3,4)
4. To provide students with information about health and enviromental effects of boron compounds (2)

Course Description

Mining and benefication of borate ores. Utilization and economics of boron compounds. Manufacture of boron compounds: Primary products; Borax pentahydrate, Borax decahydrate, Anhydrous borax, Boric acid, Anhydrous boric acid, Sodium perborate. Secondary products; Ammonium pentaborate, sodium octaborate, sodium metaborate, trimethylborate, fluoroborates, zinc borates, boron trifluoride.
Organoboron compounds.