Borax vs. Boron
Difference Between Borax and Boron
Boraxnoun
A hydrated sodium borate, Na2B4O7·10H2O, an ore of boron, that is used as a cleaning compound.
Boronnoun
A nonmetallic element that is amorphous and brown or crystalline and black, and is extracted chiefly from kernite and borax and used in flares, propellant mixtures, nuclear reactor control elements, abrasives, and hard metallic alloys. Atomic number 5; atomic weight 10.811; melting point 2,075°C; boiling point 4000°C; specific gravity (crystal) 2.34, (amorphous) 2.37; valence 3. See Periodic Table.
Boraxnoun
Cheap merchandise, especially tasteless furnishings
"today's glinty borax" (New Yorker).Boronnoun
The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid.
Boraxnoun
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.
Boronnoun
A single atom of this element.
Boraxnoun
(chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.
Boronnoun
a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
Boraxadjective
Cheap or tawdry, referring to furniture or other works of industrial design.
Boraxnoun
an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
