Alkaline vs. Borax — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or containing an alkali.

Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is white, consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve in water.

Having a pH greater than 7.

A white compound which occurs as a mineral in some alkaline salt deposits and is used in making glass and ceramics, as a metallurgical flux, and as an antiseptic.

Having a relatively low concentration of hydrogen ions.

Good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter

Of or relating to a common disposable battery made of zinc and manganese dioxide.

A hydrated sodium borate, Na2B4O7·10H2O, an ore of boron, that is used as a cleaning compound.

Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.

Cheap merchandise, especially tasteless furnishings

(chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.

A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.

An alkaline battery.

(chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization; sodium tetraborate.

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.

Relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7;

(transitive) To treat with borax.

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.

An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent