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- noun physics A stable
isotope , 105B, having fiveprotons and fiveneutrons , that makes up about 20% of natural boron; it is a good absorber of slow neutrons and is used as a radiation shield inGeiger counters
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An experimental development of this field is Boron Neutron Capture Therapy using boron-10 that concentrates in malignant brain tumors.
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A new and still experimental procedure uses boron-10, which concentrates in the tumor.
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