Sodium Tetraborate (Borax)
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Borax has a wide variety of uses. It is a component of many detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is also used to make buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an anti-fungal compound, in the manufacture of fiberglass, as a flux in metallurgy, neutron-capture shields for radioactive sources, a texturing agent in cooking, and as a precursor for other boron compounds.
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A mixture of borax, boric acid, sugar, and water is used to poison sweet eating insects, especially ants. Boric acid alone is used for insects with waxy bodies, such as roaches. Other treatments are suggested to control scabies.
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