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* Anhydrous borax (Na2B4O7) * Borax pentahydrate (Na2B4O7·5H2O) * Borax decahydrate (Na2B4O7·10H2O) Borax is generally described as Na2B4O7·10H2O. However, it is better formulated as Na2[B4O5(OH)4]·8H2O, borax contains the [B4O5(OH)4]2
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Where can borax be found in the Mojave Desert?
Borax was mined in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert.
Where are borates found?
Borates are found in products that contain a chemical called borax. The most popular of these products is 20 Mule Team Borax. This product can be found in grocery stores. Borax can be used to kill destructive insects in the home.
What is sodium tetrachloride decahydrate found in?
Borax.
Boron is found in California in the form of?
Borax
What Mineral is found on alkaline lake shore?
BORAX
Where can you buy borax powder?
Borax is a common chemical used as a household cleaning agent, mostly laundry detergent. Borax can be found at most grocery stores and big box stores.
What element was named after a cleaning compound which was found to contain larges quantities of it?
borax
Where can naturally occurring borax be found?
Turkey, California, other parts of the Southwestern US, Chile, Tibet, Romania are some places where natural borax is found. See link for more information. This is a good beginning answer. In the United States borax was first discovered at Borax Lake in northern California. Then it was found in a dry lakebed at Salt Wells near Fallon, Nevada in 1859. For the next 30 years borax was scraped up from the surface of these dry lakebeds throughout Nevada at Columbus Marsh, Teels Marsh, Rhodes Marsh, Amargosa Valley and Death Valley. In 1890 underground deposits of borax were found known as Colemanite near Barstow in the Mojave Desert. From 1906-1925 underground mining moved to the mountains east of Death Valley. In 1925 borax was found near Kramer Junction near the town of Mojave and that deposit went to open pit mining in 1956. Today that pit is the largest open pit mine in the state of California and is the largest borax producing mine in the country. It is owned by Rio Tinto Borax and provides the borax to Dial Corp for the Twenty Mule Team Borax product. Please see the Gold Creek link below for more borax history and the film The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley.
Is borax in tide?
Tide does not contain borax as such but contain the same chemical as borax.
What element found in borax?
Borax has the Formula: Na2B4O7·10H2O or Na2[B4O5(OH)4]·8H2O So the elements are sodium (Na), boron (B), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H)
Does Schnucks sell Borax?
Yes. Twenty Mule Team brand borax is available in the detergent aisle, pure borax is available in pest repellents, and medical grade borax is available in the pharmacy over the counter section.
What is borax solution?
borax solution is half a cup of water and 1 tablespoon of borax
