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Borax (also
referred to as
sodium borate,
tincal (/ˈtɪŋkəl/) and
tincar (/ˈtɪŋkər/)) is a salt (ionic compound), a
hydrated or
anhydrous borate of sodium...
- The
BORAX Experiments were a
series of
safety experiments on
boiling water nuclear reactors conducted by
Argonne National Laboratory in the 1950s and...
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borax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Borax is
Sodium borate, a boron-containing mineral.
Borax may also
refer to:
Borax (mineral), the naturally...
- 20 Mule Team
Borax is a
brand of
cleaner manufactured in the
United States by The Dial Corporation, a
subsidiary of Henkel. The
product primarily consists...
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eighteen mules and two
horses attached to
large wagons that
transported borax out of
Death Valley from 1883 to 1898. They
traveled from
mines across the...
- The
borax method is a
technique of
artisanal gold mining,
which uses
borax as a flux to
purify gold concentrates. By
using borax, no
mercury flour is produced...
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chief source of
commercial borax.
Borax first reached Western civilization as
tincal mined from
deposits in Tibet. The term
borax comes from the
Arabic bauraq...
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analysis to test for the
presence of
certain metals. The
oldest one is the
borax bead test or
blister test. It was
introduced by
Berzelius in 1812. Since...
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Borax Boron Mine) 35°2′34.447″N 117°40′45.412″W / 35.04290194°N 117.67928111°W / 35.04290194; -117.67928111 (Rio
Tinto Borax Mine) in Boron...
- B4O2−7; or any salt of such anions, such as
sodium metaborate, Na+[BO2]− and
borax (Na+)2[B4O7]2−. The name also
refers to
esters of such anions, such as trimethyl...
