I haven't heard of a metal called Borinium and couldn't find a definition in the Dictionary. Where
did the reference come from? Keith
"Kenny Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Want to buy a seatpost that has as one of its color options "Borinium." I know it's a metal but
> what color is it?
>
> Kenny Lee
> Want to buy a seatpost that has as one of its color options "Borinium." I know it's a metal but
> what color is it?
>
> Kenny Lee
That is not only not a metal, that's not even an element. Boron is a semi-conductor, apparently
somewhat similar in properties to silicon, and bromine is a brown, liquid element (at least at STP,
my recollection is that it verges on being a gas in most real-world room temperatures).
There's also Bohrium, colour listed as "unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in
appearance" according to this site:
Huw Pritchard wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 21:48:19 +0800, Kenny Lee did issue forth:
>
>
>>Want to buy a seatpost that has as one of its color options "Borinium." I know it's a metal but
>>what color is it?
>
>
> It's a dark grey colour. I guess X-lite thought it sounded good. There's a picture of a Boronium
> seat clamp here:
>
> http://www.x-lite.com/seatclamp.htm
>