Wrat exactly is borax?
There is borax in the chemical mixture used to soften hard water, and a trace of borax was used to make the glossy finish of the laundry tub. Its many chores range from testing minerals to food preserving. Its history tells of ancient lakes, of the high Himalayas and the low lying desert of death valley. Borax is a pale, crusty mineral with a glossy sparkle. Most of it is found strewn on the ground in some desert dry region that was once a salty lake or inland sea. As the water evaporated into the dry air its dissolved chemicals were left behind, and some of them formed the compound known as borax or sodium borate. A chemical compound is made from molecules, and its molecules are made from assorted atoms. The borax molecule is a package of atoms of sodium, boron and oxygen, and, for each of these molecules there are 10 molecules of water. Other forms of sodium borate contain fewer molecules of water. Borax is a compound of boron, but it was known and used long before this non metallic
