Borax

Borax

Na2B4H20O17

The household mineral behind laundry boosters, slime, and ancient glassmaking

Borax has been mined and traded for over 4,000 years — from Tibetan salt lakes to your laundry room.

Material

Gallery-wrapped canvas on a solid wood stretcher, 0.75″ deep — ready to hang.

$40.00

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityBorax — C12/c1
FormulaNa2B4H20O17
Crystal systemmonoclinic
Space groupC 1 2/c 1
Lattice (a, b, c) Å11.885, 10.654, 12.206
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 106.623, 90
Density (g/cm³)1.71

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)