An archaic or alternative scientific name for boron or a boron-containing compound, used in older chemical nomenclature.
From the Latin form of 'borax' combined with the Latin element suffix '-ium,' following the pattern of element naming in chemistry; largely superseded by the modern term 'boron.'
Boracium represents a fascinating chapter in scientific history—before modern chemical nomenclature was standardized by IUPAC in the early 1900s, scientists across different countries used wildly different names for the same elements, leading to chaos until they agreed on universal naming rules.
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