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Metaborate vs Borax - What's the difference?

metaborate | borax |

In chemistry terms the difference between metaborate and borax

is that metaborate is any salt or ester of metaboric acid while borax is the sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.

As an adjective borax is

cheap or tawdry, referring to furniture or other works of industrial design.

metaborate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any salt or ester of metaboric acid.

    • borax

    English

    (wikipedia borax)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
  • (chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a preservative

    Derived terms

    * borax bead test * boracic * borise, borize * boron

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Cheap or tawdry, referring to furniture or other works of industrial design.

    • References

    * borax at the Free Dictionary