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People are ingesting borax. Also known by its chemical name sodium borate decahydrate, borax is a salt typically used to kill ants and boost laundry detergent, among other household cleaning needs ...
Borax has been banned in U.S. food products, but some people on TikTok have falsely suggested that adding a pinch of it to their water could reduce inflammation and help with joint pain, or that ...
Borax "pentahydrate" has the formula Na 2 B 4 O 7 ·5H 2 O, which is actually a trihydrate Na 2 B 4 O 5 (OH) 4 ·3H 2 O. It is a colorless solid with a density of 1.880 kg/m 3 that crystallizes from water solutions above 60.8 °C in the rhombohedral crystal system .
Thus borax, for example, is still often described as a decahydrate Na 2 B 4 O 7 ·10H 2 O, with the implied anion [B 4 O 7] 2−, whereas the correct formula is Na 2 B 4 O 5 (OH) 4 ·8H 2 O, with anion [B 4 O 5 (OH) 4] 2−. The following table gives some of the crystalline sodium borates in this family. [2]
Disodium octaborate is traded either as a liquid concentrate, or as the tetrahydrate Na 2 B 8 O 13 ·4H 2 O, a white odorless powder. It is used as an insecticide , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and as a fungicide and algicide , and as a fire retardant ., [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and as a boron micronutrient additive in fertilizers . [ 1 ]
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The dihydrate, Na 3 H(CO 3) 2 · 2H 2 O, occurs in nature as the evaporite mineral trona. [1] Due to concerns about the toxicity of borax which was withdrawn as a cleaning and laundry product, sodium sesquicarbonate is sold in the European Union (EU) as "Borax substitute". [2] It is also known as one of the E number food additives E500(iii).
A Feb. 17 video posted by @Madisdawgs, taking part in the trend, reads “how to not care no borax no glue.” It has garnered over 3.8 million views as of Feb. 20.