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Summary: Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thenard first discovered boron in 1808. Interesting Facts About Boron. 1  There are 2 stable isotopes of boron (boron-10 and boron-11).  Turkey and the United States are the worldâs largest producers of boron.
Boron is a nonmetallic element with the atomic number 5, identified by the symbol B on the periodic table. There are a number of uses for it, and like many elements, it appears in various forms which have different potential applications. Pure elemental boron, however, is not found in nature, and it must be chemically extracted.