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.
1. Boron is a naturally occurring element. In the environment, boron is combined with oxygen and other elements in compounds called borates. Borates are widely found in nature, and are present in oceans, sedimentary rocks, coal, shale and some soils.