BORAX

[Br. Ph., Swi Ph.] (Lat.), n, m. and £.?r)'a?x- (asx). Gen., bor’acis. Ar., borraca, tincar. luzara, aldeheb. Gr., XpucéroXAa.” Fr., borax, borate de sodium (ou de soude [Fr. Cod.]). Ger., Borax, borsaures Natron. It., borace, bora to di sodio. Sp. bôrax, borraj, bib or a to sédico, atiucar. Syn.: sodii boras [U. S. Ph.], Natrium biboricum (seu biboracicum) [Ger. Ph.], boras soda Belg. Ph.], biboras natricus (Dan. Ph., Finn. Ph., Netherl. Ph., Norw. Ph., Swed. Ph.], natrium boracicwm [Austr, Ph., Hung. Ph.}, natrum biboricum [Ru , Ph.], natrum subboracicum [Greek Ph.], boras sodæ alcalescens. Sodium pyr olerave (Onui borate) NagB,O,. Without water of crystallization b. forms an amorphous, vitreous ma called b. gla ; with 5 molecules of water of crystallization it constitutes octahedral b., c all i zing in hard, transparent octahedra; with 10 molecules of water of crystallization it forms common, or prismatic, b., in the form of large transparent prisms, only moderately soluble in water, and having a cooling, sweetish taste. When heated, b. becomes a spongy, amorphous ma called b. usta. B. is used as a topical application in aphthe and various mild affections of mucous membranes, and it has been thought to be emmenagogue and oxytocic. [A,325: B.J—An hydro usb. Fr.,b.anhydreux. Ger., wa erfreies B. B. deprived of its water of erystallization; b. gla . [B.]—B. carmine. See under CARMINE.—B. gla . See under B.—IBglycerol(Ger.). See Glycerinum borac —B’honig (Ger.). See Mel son i1 boratis —B’salmiak(Ger.). Ammonium borate. [L, 80.)—B’salz. See Borare.—B’sauer (Ger.). Containing boric acid. [A,315.]|—B’siiure (Ger.). Boric acid. [B.] —B's eife (Ger.). See Sapo borax at us.—B’spath (Ger.). See Bo- RACITE.—B. tartar is at a. See TARTAR US borax at us. 5 8; ta [Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph.], Burnt b. [B, 95.] See under B.—B. veneta [Ed. Ph., 1690]. Lit., Venetian b.} purified b. (so called be cause originally ‘prepared in Venice). [B, 180.]—B. vitrificata. B. gla . ] See under B.—B’we in stein(Ger.). See TARTAR US bdoraxatus.—Calcined b. Burnt b. [L, 86.) See under B.—Flores boracis. Boric acid. [B.]—Gla of b. Lat., b. vitrijicata. B. gla , [L,130.] See under B.—Glycerinum boracis [Br, Ph.], Fr., glycérole deb. Ger.,. It., glicerato (0 glicerite) di ‘ace. Sp., glicerolado de borax. Glycerine, or pice) of b., consisting of Loz. (av.) of powdered b, di olved in 4 fluid ounces of. glycerin, [B, 5.]-Honey of b., Mei boracis [Br. Ph.], Mellite de b. (Fr.). See Mel sont boratis._Octahedral b. Fr., b. octaédrique. Ger., oktaédrischer B. See under B.—Prismatie b. See under B.—Sal acidum (seu volatile) boracis. Boric acid. B, 97.|—Tartrate of b. and pota ium. See TARTAR US borax a- 'us.—Venetian b. See B. veneia.; BORAX AT US (Lat.), adj. *r)-a?x(a*x)-a(a3)’tu%s(tuts). See BORATED and TARTAR US b.