Description
Other names: Borax pentahydrate
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Appearance: White free-flowing granules.
Formula: Na2b4o7.5H2O
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Usages: Used in the manufacture of high-quality glass, optical
glass, heat-resistant. Enamel industry for glaze. Applied to metal
surfaces and alloys of flux.
Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium
tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt
of boric acid. It is usually a white powder consisting of soft
colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.
Borax has a wide variety of uses. It is a component of many
detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is also used to make
buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an
anti-fungal compound for fiberglass, as an insecticide, as a flux
in metallurgy, a texturing agent in cooking, and as a precursor for
other boron ***** term borax is used for a number of closely
related minerals or chemical compounds that differ in their crystal
water content, but usually refers to the decahydrate. Commercially
sold borax is usually partially dehydrated
