How to apply. Fill in and sign your passport application using the name that you want to see printed on your passport. Apply using the online service or get a paper form from a Post Office that offers the Check and Send service. If you are sending documents with your application they need to be originals, not copies.
Group 13 (IIIA) consists of boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium. Boron is a metalloid, but the other elements are metals. All elements in this group have three valence electrons.
Boron is the first element in the thirteenth column of the periodic table. It is classified as a metalloid which means that its properties are in between that of a metal and a nonmetal. The boron atom has five electrons and five protons. Characteristics and Properties. Amorphous boron (meaning the atoms are bonded together in a random order) comes in the form of a brown powder.