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Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is white, consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve in water. A number of closely related minerals or chemical compounds that differ in their crystal water content are referred to as borax, but the word is usually used to refer to the octahydrate. Commercially sold borax is partially dehydrated.

Borax is a component of many detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is used to make buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an anti-fungal compound, in the manufacture of fiberglass, as a flux in metallurgy, neutron-capture shields for radioactive sources, a texturing agent in cooking, as a precursor for other boron compounds, and along with its inverse, boric acid, is useful as an insecticide.

uses

Ingredient in enamel glazes.

Component of glass, pottery, and ceramics.

Used as an additive in ceramic slips and glazes to improve fit on wet, greenware, and bisque.

Fire retardant.

Anti-fungal compound for cellulose insulation.

Moth proofing 10% solution for wool.

Pulverized for the prevention of stubborn pests (e.g. German cockroaches) in closets, pipe and cable inlets, wall panelling gaps, and inaccessible locations where ordinary pesticides are undesirable.

Anti-fungal foot soak.

Precursor for sodium perborate monohydrate that is used in detergents, as well as for boric acid and other borates.

Tackifier ingredient in casein, starch and dextrin based adhesives
Precursor for boric acid, a tackifier ingredient in polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol based adhesives.

Fluoride detoxification.

Treatment for thrush in horses' hooves.

To make indelible ink for dip pens by dissolving shellac into heated borax.

Curing agent for snake skins.
Curing agent for salmon eggs, for use in sport fishing for salmon
Swimming pool buffering agent to control pH.

Neutron absorber, used in nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools to control reactivity and to shut down a nuclear chain reaction
As a micronutrient fertilizer to correct boron-deficient soils.
Preservative in taxidermy.

To color fires with a green tint.
Was traditionally used to coat dry-cured meats such as hams to protect them from becoming fly-blown during further storage
Is found in some commercial vitamin supplements.

For stopping car radiator and engine block leaks.

Used by blacksmiths in forge welding

Used as a woodworm treatment (diluted in water).
Used in the treatment or prevention of wood rot in classic wood boats.

Used to enrich beets with Boron when leaves are wilting