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Q: What is the difference between borax crystals and other natural crystals?
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What do you need to make borax crystals?

what do you need to make a borax crystals


What shape are borax crystals?

Borax forms crystals with a Monoclinic Prismatic structure.


Do salt crystals form faster than borax crystals?

Well it depends. But im currently growing salt, suagr and borax crystals and my borax crystals formed first. So i guess my answer is No, borax crystals grow faster but dont take my answer as a fact i could be wrong.


What are borax crystals?

Borax is used as a natural laundry booster, multipurpose cleaner, fungicide, preservative, insecticide, herbicide, disinfectant, desiccant, and ingredient in making "slime". Borax crystals are odorless, whitish (can have various color impurities), and alkaline. Borax is not flammable and is not reactive. It can be mixed with most other cleaning agents, including chlorine bleach.


What are crystals of borax?

a brown one


How long does it take for borax crystals to grow?

they grow faster because it is mixed with water


How does temperature effect borax crystals?

The melting point of borax is 743 oC.


Do borax crystals form faster than salt crystals?

yes


Why do borax crystals grow differently at different temperatures?

Because hot water can dissolve more of the borax and it needs to be supersaturated so that when it cools it cannot hold as much borax in each molecule, so it releases some of the borax into it's natural repeating mineral shape.


Are borax crystals ionic compounds?

yes. borax crystal ia ionic compound.


Do borax crystals grow with food dye?

no it does not


Difference between borax boric acid?

No. No difference. Boric Acid is actually in a powder form.