disodium tetraborate

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 in the manufacture of fiberglass as a flux in metallurgy neutron-capture shields for radioactive sources a texturing agent in cooking as a precursor for other boron compounds and along with its inverse boric acid is also useful as an insecticide.The 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 partially dehydrated.

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Borax also known as sodium borate sodium tetraborate or disodium tetraborate is an important boron compound a mineral and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is white consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.