Boraxo is the soap from the old school bathrooms. Borax is natural and used to get rid af ants and some other insects.
2007-10-08 18:39:11
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answered by plaplant8 5
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Borax is the main ingredient in "20 Mule Team Borax Natural Laundry Booster".
In nature, its color is white to clear.
This is how it forms in nature:
"Borax is a complex borate mineral that is found in playa lakes and other evaporite deposits. The basic structure of borax contains chains of interlocking BO2(OH) triangles and BO3(OH) tetrahedrons bonded to chains of sodium and water octahedrons. Most old mineral specimens of borax are chalky white due to a chemical reaction from dehydration. They have actually altered (at least on their surface) to the mineral tincalconite, Na2 B4O7-5H2O, with the loss of water. This kind of alteration from one mineral to another leaves the original shape of the crystal. Minerologists refer to this as a pseudomorph, or "fake shape", because the tincalconite has the crystal shape of the predecessing borax.
Borax is directly deposited in arid regions from the evaporation of water in intermittent lakes called playas. The playas form only during rainy seasons due to runoff from adjacent mountains. The runoff is rich in the element boron and is highly concentrated by evaporation in the arid climate. Eventually the concentration is so great that crystals of borax and other boron minerals form."
http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/carbonat/borax/borax.htm
2007-10-09 08:10:29
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answered by ANGEL 7
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Borax is natural and white. It cleans and kills cockroaches.
2007-10-09 06:39:13
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answered by Ginger 6
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borax is white not pink
2007-10-09 01:33:24
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answered by kitty 6
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ys its natural
and its white
kinda like baking poweder
also ued to clean
2007-10-09 01:31:16
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answered by Nevena G 2
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its white not pink
2007-10-09 02:57:15
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answered by stewart t 5
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