Gmelin: Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry - B - Boron Compounds: Supplement 4: Vol 2: Boron and Oxygen (8 ed)

This volume documents compounds of boron with oxygen, such as boron oxides, boron-derived acids and their salts, including peroxoborates, as well as organoboron species.

Special attention is paid to compounds which have become important in recent years as non-linear optical materials.

The main body of boron-oxygen compounds reviews borates, minerals with borate structures, and borate glasses.

About 300 luminescent phosphors prepared from B2O2 are tabulated.

A survey is presented of the large number of new organoboron species, especially linear and cyclic esters of substituted borinic and boronic acids.

New information is given on the applications of H3BO3 in nuclear reactors and in fireproofing and preservation purposes; many systems containing H3BO3 are also listed.

Developments in the field of peroxoborate detergents are presented.