Charactertics
Charactertics
- Nature : Boron Compound
- Aspect : White crystalline powder/granular
- Solubility : Soluble in water
Application
Application
- Boric Acid has mild antiseptic properties
- It prevents growth of moulds and bacteria.
- Used as food preservative in storage of grains and washing of fruits prior to long distance shipments.
- Used as ingredient for mouth washes, eye lotions and antiseptic dusting powders.
- Its property to form boron alloys find application its in metallurgy process.
- Used in dyes and pigments industry in manufacturing of phthalocynine blue.
- Photography ( in developers)
- Glass – Borosillicate heat and chemical resistance glasses.
- Ceramics – in preparation of hard glazes
- Preservation of woods – it inhibits growth of wood destroying moulds.
- Used in Textile industry – in treatment of nylon and other yarns and in stiff bleach finishing.
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE FORMS
- Powder (fineness upto –200 mesh) form.
- Granular (+80 mesh BS) form.
Specifications
Specifications
- Boron Trioxide (B2O3) : 56.3% Min.
- Matter insoluble in H20 : 0.05% Max.
- Matter insoluble in Alcohol : 0.05% Max.
- Chloride (Cl) : 0.04% Max.
- Phosphate (PO4) : 0.01% Max.
- Sulphate (SO3) : 0.03% Max.
- Arsenic (As) : 0.02% Max.
- Iron (Fe) : 0.03% Max.
- Heavy Metals (Pb) : 0.01% Max.
