Lithium borate explained

Lithium borate, also known as lithium tetraborate is an inorganic compound with the formula Li2B4O7. A colorless solid, lithium borate is used in making glasses and ceramics.

Structure

Its structure consists of a polymeric borate backbone. The Li+ centers are bound to four and five oxygen ligands. Boron centers are trigonal and tetrahedral.[1] [2] Lithium borate can be used in the laboratory as LB buffer for gel electrophoresis of DNA and RNA. It is also used in the borax fusion method to vitrify mineral powder specimens for analysis by WDXRF spectroscopy.[3]

See also

References

  1. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 428. 2007. 290–296. Li2B4O7 Crystal structure in anharmonic approximation at 20, 200, 400 and 500 °C. Sennova, N. . Bubnova, R. . Shepelev, Yu. . Filatov, S. . Yakovleva, O. . 1–2. 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.03.049.
  2. Temperature‐dependent Changes of the Crystal Structure of Li2B4O7. Natalia Sennova. R. S. Bubnova . G. Cordier . B. Albert . S. K. Filatov . L. Isaenko . Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 634. 2008. 14. 2601–2607. 10.1002/zaac.200800295.
  3. Ron Jenkins, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Second Edition, J. Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999,, p 146-7.

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