Borax

['bɔːræks] or ['bɔ'ræks]

解释:

(noun.) an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent.

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解释:

(n.) A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.

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同义词及近义词：

n. Tincal, bi-borate of soda.

手打:莎伦

解释:

n. a mineral salt used for soldering as a flux in metallurgy in enamelling and glazing as a mordant in dyeing as a substitute for soap and also in medicine.—adj. Borac′ic of or relating to borax.—ns. Bor′acite a mineral composed of boracic acid and carbonate of magnesia; Bō′rate a salt of boracic acid.—Boracic acid an acid obtained by dissolving borax and also found native in mineral springs in Italy.

校对:菲利斯