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Definition of Borax bead

Borax bead
Borax Bo"rax, n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b?rag, fr. Pers. b?rah.] 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 certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3.

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- The bead test is a traditional part of qualitative inorganic analysis to test for the presence of certain metals. The oldest one is the borax bead test...
- important for its uses in metallurgy and for the borax bead test of qualitative chemical analysis. Borax is soluble in a variety of solvents; however, it...
- water. Addition of chloride gives the intensely blue [CoCl 4]2− . In a borax bead flame test, cobalt shows deep blue in both oxidizing and reducing flames...
- sodium metaphosphate), sodium sesquicarbonate, sodium citrate and formerly borax. Glycerin, or liquid glycerin, is another common ingredient in bath salts...
- in question and borax. The loop with the adhered powders is then heated in a flame until it fuses and the color of the resulting bead observed. "SAP Fiori...
- ground, by means of flux such as borax, by the help of the blowpipe. When granulated motifs are desired, small beads are made traditionally by using precious...
- (fuel) Anthracite coal (fuel) Limestone (ash colourant) Starch (binder) Borax (release agent) Sodium nitrate (accelerant) Sawdust Wax (some brands: binder...
- the earliest known fluxes were sodium carbonate, potash, charcoal, coke, borax, lime, lead sulfide and certain minerals containing phosphorus. Iron ore...
- mixing quartz stone powder, powdered gl****, multani mitti (fuller's earth), borax, gum and water. Another source cites Katira Gond powder (a gum), and saaji...
- hide; or man-made materials like beadwork and quillwork. Metalsmiths, beaders, carvers, and lapidaries combine these materials to create jewelry. Contemporary...