Borax

Borax

A soft white mineral used as a flux for brazing and welding. It is used as forge welding flux by blacksmiths nd in coated arc welding rods.

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borax

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid.

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Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Sodium borate-usually as the decahydrate form. Used in the manufacture of frits.

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Photography; Professional photography

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borax

Metals; Metalworking

A soft white mineral used as a flux for brazing and welding. It is used as forge welding flux by blacksmiths nd in coated arc welding rods.

borax

Culinary arts; Cooking

A native salt; the acid borate of sodium, or biborate of soda (Na2B4O7): having, when pure, the form of a transparent or whitish crystal, or white powder, but also imported as ...

borax

Language; Dictionaries

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 ...

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