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an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate

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Hersen will have primary responsibility for operational performance and will provide support to the General Managers of Olaroz and Borax.
"But I don't have any borax. I don't even know what it is," I shrugged.
His paper, "The Borax Conspiracy: How the Arthritis Cure Has Been Stopped," is easily found online and is a definitive guide to delivering boron via borax, which is fortunately inexpensive.
Redha Salman, Director of Public Health and Safety Department, stressed the health damage due to the use of dangerous chemicals and toxic solutions such as borax, washing powder, glue and coloured materials during the preparation of the game and its negative and serious effects on public health and child safety.
[T.sub.4] = Two foliar sprays of 0.5% borax (1st at 4-5 leaves stage and 2nd with one week interval)
Commercial borax (like substitute of aluminium) was used as another secondary input in the mixture.
With no Borax, it's a safe and non toxic 'scented soft clay', which the makers say has stress relieving properties.
The present experiment having 10 treatments comprising [T.sub.1]-basal (250gm chelated zinc), [T.sub.2]-foliar (3gm zinc sulphate), [T.sub.3]-basal (250gm borax), T4-foliar (2gm boron), [T.sub.5]-basal+ foliar (250gm chelated zinc+3gm zinc sulphate), [T.sub.6]-basal and foliar (250gm borax+ 2gm boron), [T.sub.7]-basal (250gm chelated zinc+ 250gm borax), [T.sub.8]-(3gm zinc sulphate+ 2gm boron), [T.sub.9]-basal and foliar (250gm chelated zinc+borax+3gm zinc sulphate+ 2gm boron), [T.sub.10]-(Control).
But, with some recipes for it out there containing Borax, which can irritate and blister the skin, it's important to make it safely.
In first experiment, wheat seeds were primed with 1, 0.5, 0.1, 0.05 and 0.01 M B solutions of boric acid (H3BO3) and borax (Na2B4O7.10H2O) while dry seeds and hydropriming were taken as control.
US-based food service and janitorial supplies distributor Imperial Bag and Paper Co., LLC has acquired US-based food packaging company Borax Paper Products, Inc., the company said.
29 February 2016 - US-based food service and janitorial supplies distributor Imperial Bag and Paper Co., LLC has acquired US-based food packaging company Borax Paper Products, Inc., the company said.
Materials: newspaper * safety goggles * 6-inch piece of coarse sandpaper * rubber eraser * measuring cup * warm water * two plastic cups * tablespoon * borax * plastic spoon * zip-top plastic sandwich bag * green and yellow food coloring * clear school glue * pencil and paper
In this study, unlike from the literature, boron oxide, borax decahydrate, boric acid and borax pentahydrate as boron sources were used to synthesize Triphenyl Borate (TPB).