Borax example sentences

It can be prepared by acidifying an aqueous solution of borax.On further heating it turns into a transparent liquid, which solidifies into glass like material known as borax bead.On heating, borax first loses water molecules and swells up.Boron is a fairly rare element, mainly occurs as orthoboric acid, (H3BO3), borax, Na2B4O7·10H2O, and kernite, Na2B4O7·4H2O.In India borax occurs in Puga alley (Ladakh) and Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan).Some useful compounds of boron are borax, orthoboric acid and diborane.Borax is also used as a flux for soldering metals, for heat, scratch and stain resistant glazed coating to earthenwares and as constituent of medicinal soaps.The main industrial application of borax and boric acid is in the manufacture of heat resistant glasses (e.g., Pyrex), glass-wool and fibreglass.