borax

As nouns the difference between borax and timber

is that borax is borax while timber is postage stamp.

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.

As nouns the difference between disodium and borax

is that disodium is (chemistry|in combination) two atoms of sodium in a compound while borax is borax.

In chemistry terms the difference between alum and borax

is that alum is any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations 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 nouns the difference between alum and borax

is that alum is an astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄.Al₂(SO₄)₃.24H₂O) while borax is 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.

As a verb alum

is to steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

As an adjective borax is

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

As a noun borax is

borax.

As a noun borax is

borax.