Borax Decahydrate
1.purity is 99%min.
2.White crystalline powder/granular.
3.industrial grade .
Specification:
Purity 99.5%
Content of Fe 0.002
Content of CO3 0.1
Content of Non Dissolved substance 0.04%
Content of SO4 0.1%
Content of Cl 0.03%
Borax Application :
A. Household products
Borax is used in various household laundry and cleaning products. Borax is also present in some tooth bleaching formulas.
B. Buffer
Sodium borate is used in biochemical and chemical laboratories to make buffers, e.g. for gel electrophoresis of DNA, such as TBE or the newer SB buffer or BBS (borate buffered saline) in coating procedures. Borate buffers (usually at pH 8) are also used as preferential equilibration solution in DMP-based crosslinking reactions.
C. Co-complexing
Borax as a source of borate has been used to take advantage of the co-complexing ability of borate with other agents in water to form complex ions with various substances. Borate and a suitable polymer bed are used to chromatograph non-glycosylated hemoglobin differentially from glycosylated hemoglobin (chiefly HbA1c), which is an indicator of long term hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus. Borate and a proprietary synthetic amino acid, Deselex (from Henkel) have been used to complex water "hardness" cations to make a non-precipitating water "softener". Borate alone does not have a high affinity for "hardness" cations, although it has been used for that purpose.
D. Flux
E.Small-scale mining
Borax is replacing mercury as the preferred method for extracting gold in small-scale mining facilities. The method is called the borax method and is used in the Philippines.
F. Putty
Main article: Flubber (material)A rubbery polymer sometimes called flubber, gluep or glurch can be made by cross linking polyvinyl alcohol with a borax. Making flubber from polyvinyl alcohol based glues, such as Elmer's Glue, and borax is a common elementary education experiment.