kenya chemical is one of the leading Borax distributors, manufacturers, exporters, and suppliers in Fujairah, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait, kenya. We are supplied to various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, Agriculture, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.
borax, also known as sodium, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and the salt of boric acid. It is usually a white powder consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.
Borax has a wide variety of uses. It is a component of many detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is also used to make buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an anti-fungal compound for fiberglass, as a flux in metallurgy, neutron-capture shields for radioactive sources, texturing agent in cooking, and as a precursor for other boron compounds.
Other uses for Borax:
Ingredient in enamel glazes.
Component of glass, pottery, and ceramics.
Borax can be used as an additive in ceramic slips and glazes to improve fit on wet, greenware, and bisque.
Fire retardant
Anti-fungal compound for fiberglass and cellulose insulation.
Moth proofing 10% solution for wool.
Anti-fungal foot soak.
Precursor for sodium perborate monohydrate that is used in detergents, as well as for boric acid and other borings.
Tackifier ingredient in casein, starch and dextrin-based adhesives.
Precursor for Boric acid, a tackifier ingredient in polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive.
Fluoride detoxification.
Treatment for thrush in horses’ hooves.
Used to make indelible ink for dip pens by dissolving shellac into heated borax.
Curing agent for snake skins.
Curing agent for salmon eggs, for use in sport fishing for salmon.
Swimming pool buffering agent to control the pH.
Neutron absorber used in nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools to control reactivity and to shut down a nuclear chain reaction.
As a micronutrient fertilizer to correct boron-deficient soils.
To clean the brain cavity of the skull for mounting
To color fires with a green tint.
Was traditionally used to coat dry-cured meats such as hams to protect them from becoming fly-blown during further storage.
Is found in some commercial vitamin supplements
For stopping car radiator and engine block leaks.
As an important component in Slime.
Is used by the modern blacksmith in the process of fort weldin.
Breakdown by Product Type:
Anhydrous Borax (Na2B4O7)
Borax Pentahydrate (Na2B4O7 5H2O)
Borax Decahydrate (Na2B4O7 10H2O)
Breakdown by Application:
Boric Acid
Fiberglass
Enamel
Detergent
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