Boric acid
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Boric acid, more specifically orthoboric acid, is a compound of boron, oxygen, and hydrogen with formula B3. It may also be called hydrogen orthoborate, trihydroxidoboron or boracic acid. It is usuall
Boric acid crystals
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
Boric acid
…any oxyacid of boron, such as metaboric acid HBO2 and tetraboric acid H2B4O7. Orthoboric acid was first prepared by Wilhelm Homberg (1652–1715) from borax, by the action of mineral acids, and was given the name sal sedativum Hombergi ("sedative salt of Homberg"). However, boric acid and borates have been…
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