"Nina Silver, Ph.D." wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marshall Dudley <mdud...@execonn.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 4:04 PM > Subject: Re: CS>question about boric acid for plants > > > Borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate or hydrated sodium borate, and > boric > > acid is HBO2 or H3BO2. Boric acid can be produced by the action of acids > on > > borax. > > > > They are both toxic to ants, but boric acid is more toxic than borax. > > > > Marshall > > Marshall, > Thanks for the clarification. The list I got off the web lists all the > borates together. Can you: > 1) give the chemical composition for Borax (in the same form as you did > with boric acid), and > 2) give a little more detail about what makes them different from each > other? > > Many thanks. > Nina
I can find no other name for boric acid. I am not surprised. To call it hydrogen boron dioxide or trihydrogen boron dioxide would be like calling sulfuric acid - hydrogen sulfate. Borax is actually a weak base, not an acid as boric acid is. http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~jill/borax.html http://www.infoventures.com/e-hlth/pestcide/borax.html: Common name: borax Chemical name: sodium tetraborate decahydrate http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/carbonat/borax/borax.htm BORAX Chemistry: Na2B4O7 -10H2O, Hydrated sodium borate. Information on boric acid: http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/3A/03A1C000.htm and borax http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=04C42000 Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
