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Contact SupplierBorax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. It is usually a white powder consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.
Borax has a wide variety of uses. It is a component of many detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is also used to make buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an anti-fungal compound for fiberglass, as a flux in metallurgy, neutron-capture shields for radioactive sources, a texturing agent in cooking, and as a precursor for other boron compounds.
Technical Data:
| Purity | B2O3 | Boron | |
| Borax Decahydrate | 99.5% | 36.5% | 11% |
| Borax Pentahydrate | 99.5% | 48% | 15% |
| Borax Anhydrous | 99% | 68% | 21% |