1. borax - Noun
2. borax - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFish have survived for 30 min in a saturated boric acid solution and can survive longer in strong borax solutions. citation Boric acid is more toxic to insects than to mammals, and is routinely used as an insecticide. Source: Internet
However, after testing on Dennis, the drugs provided by Cedric turn out to be household borax, infuriating Bletch. Source: Internet
The bamboo was treated with borax and boric acid as a fire retardant and insecticide and bent in the required shape. Source: Internet
Here are some other cleaning methods you can try with items around the house: Try mixing 1/2 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup baking soda (or 2 teaspoons borax) into 1/2 gallon (2 liters) jug of water. Source: Internet
The formal negative charge of the tetrahedral borate center is balanced by metal cations in the minerals, such as the sodium (Na + ) in borax. Source: Internet
In fact, the salt sediments of many of these lake beds have been mined for many years for various salts, most notably borax (this is most famously true for Owens Lake and Death Valley ). Source: Internet