Normally you can get borix acid at the pharmacy, and borax at the grocery store (Mule team borax is the most popular brand). The main thing they have in common is they both contain boron. Boric acid is H3BO3 and borax is Na2B4O5(OH)4.8H2O.
Marshall G & K Murray wrote: > Does anyone know what the difference is between borax and boric acid? > We have boric acid on the shelf in our pharmacy. One website says > this: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug2000/967602781.Bc.r.html > > Commercially, boric acid is used for fireproofing cloth, glazing > pottery, hardening steels, making electroplating baths and making > artificial gems. Boric acid; however, is never to be ingested, it is a > poison. It is used in powder form as a pesticide to kill ants, > cockroaches, fleas, silverfish, crickets and other pests. > another web site says this: > http://www.natbat.com/docs/boron.htm > If you believe aspirin or table salt is dangerous, poisonous or in > some other way life threatening, then you probably should not use > borates. If, on the other hand, you can rationally look at the > comparative data, you will probably come to the conclusion that boric > acid and Boron No. 10 are among the safest of choices for making > cotton-batting flame retardant. > > G Murray > > ransley wrote: > >> *Borax is mined out of the ground and is perfectly edible, despite >> being >> sold as a laundry cleaner complete with warnings not to eat it >> because They >> (The Powers That Be) don't want you to know how effective it is. TOO >> much, >> as in spoonfuls, is poisonous, but what won't kill you if you take >> TOO much? >> >> >>
