Borax

The borax (Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O) is a compound of the Bore called also tetraborate of sodium or borate of sodium .

The Minerai of borax was discovered in 1875 in the Vallée of dead the in California, with the the United States. One generally finds it in old drained lakes where water evaporated.

The borax is a mineral. It is presented in the form of spangles or of powder. The borax can be irritating.

It is employed for the decoration of the Porcelaine S, the manufacture of Engrais, Savon, Insecticide S… One also finds it in the electronics components or the liquid of transmission. It is also found employed in the manufacture of glasses to lower the melting point; it is also used like such by the craftsmen ironmongers for brazings known as " with the forge". It is used as departure with the manufacture of the boric Acid and the Perborate of sodium. The borax is Antiseptique.

The California ensures a little less than half of the worldwide production of borax. A museum is devoted to him in the Vallée of dead the . There are also layers in Turkey.

There also exists of many layers in Bolivia, in the south of the Altiplano.

Good with knowing : sometimes recommended in the receipts house, it is nevertheless about a chemical agent very extremely which can involve cutaneous nauseas, irritations, headaches, diarrheas and even, with strong amounts, irregularities of the cardiac rhythm (or arrhythmias).

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ceramic Technology: boron and made up

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