Look up: borax

1. Borax
   [disambiguation] Borax is a boron-containing mineral. Borax may also refer to: ...
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2. borax
   Type: Term Pronunciation: bō′raks Synonyms: sodium borate
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3. borax
   [n] - an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate
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4. borax
   a hydrated sodium borate; E241 Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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5. Borax
   Bo'rax noun [ Middle English boras , from French borax , earlier spelt borras ; confer Late Latin borax , Spanish borraj ; all from Arabic b...rag , from Pers. b...rah .] A white or gray crystalline sal...
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6. borax
   A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colours on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a l...
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7. borax
   noun an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
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8. Borax
   • (n.) A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtain...
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9. BORAX
   (from the article `nuclear reactor`) ...reactor was first demonstrated in a research reactor in Oak Ridge, but development of this reactor type was also assigned to Argonne, which built ...
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10. borax
    sodium tetraborate decahydrate (Na2B4O710H2O). A soft and light, colourless crystalline substance, borax is used in many ways—as a component of glass ... [7 related articles]
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11. Borax
    Na2B4O7.10H2O Molar mass: 381.37214
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12. Borax
    --> | Section8 = {Chembox Related | OtherAnions = Sodium aluminate; sodium gallate | OtherCations = Potassium tetraborate | OtherCpds = Boric acid, sodium perborate} }} Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a ...
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13. borax
    Mineral name for sodium tetraborate, Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O. Large deposits are found in California.
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14. borax
    borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō'dēum te"trubôr'āt dek"uhī'drāt) , chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1.73; slightly soluble in cold water; very soluble in hot water; insoluble in acids. Borax is a colorless, monoclinic...
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15. Borax
    Borax or sodium tetraborate has long been obtained under the name of tincal, from India, the main source being not India but a series of lakes in Tibet. As imported it was in small pieces of a dirty yellowish colour, and was covered with a fatty or soapy matter. Tincal, which contains various impuri...
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16. Borax
    Borax (sodium tetraborate) is the sodium salt of pyroboric acid. It has the formulae Na2B4O710H2O and a relative hardness of 3. It forms large transparent six-sided prisms which have an alkaline reaction, effloresce in air, and when heated swell-up and melt to a transparent glass. Borax is used in t...
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17. borax
    Hydrous sodium borate, Na₂B₄O₇.10H₂O, found as soft, whitish crystals or encrustations on the shores of hot springs and in the dry beds of salt lakes in arid regions, where it occurs with other borates, halite, and gypsum. It is used in bleaches and washing ...
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18. Borax
    Sodium borate, a white crystalline mineral generally used as an emulsifier or cleanser. Used in cream preparations as an emulsifier.
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19. Borax
    Also called sodium borate. Hard, odorless crystals, granules or crystal powder. Moderately toxic.
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