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Boracic Acid

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Boracic Acid

British Pharmacopoeia 1867

Boracic Acid

Is soluble in alcohol and burns with a green flame [1]

Preparations of Boracic Acid

Solution of Boracic Acid [2]

  • Boracic acid (50 grains) dissolved into rectified spirit (1 fl oz) and filtered

Borax / Borax [3]

  • an artificial version of Borax can be made by combining boracic acid and carbonate of soda

References

  1. General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 380 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
  2. GMCGB, 386
  3. GMCGB, 59


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