Borax
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Borax is a salt normally encountered as a hydrated borate of sodium, with the chemical formula Na2H20B4O17. Borax mineral is a crystalline borate mineral that occurs in only a few places worldwide in
Borax crystals
Traction steam engine hauling borax, Death Valley, California 1904
Borax-based laundry detergent
Old steam tractor with borax wagons, Death Valley National Park
Flux (metallurgy)
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In metallurgy, a flux is a chemical reducing agent, flowing agent, or purifying agent. Fluxes may have more than one function at a time. They are used in both extractive metallurgy and metal joining.
Borax
…anion. Borax is commonly available in powder or granular form and has many industrial and household uses, including as a pesticide, as a metal soldering flux, as a component of glass, enamel, and pottery glazes, for tanning of skins and hides, for artificial aging of wood, as a preservative against wood…
Rosin used as flux for soldering
A flux pen used for electronics rework
Multicore solder containing flux
Wire freshly coated with solder, held above molten rosin flux