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BORAX [8 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

... a white trigonal mineral occurring as a fine-grained powder having a specific gravity of 1.88 and an undetermined hardness ...

OBS

... found as a hydration or dehydration product of other borates in alkaline lake deposits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral (borate) du système cristallin rhomboédrique, incolore ou blanc, ne possédant pas de clivage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
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Record 2 2014-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Construction Materials
DEF

A trade term denoting a capricious mixture of unrelated traditional and modern elements, which add up to a bad design.

CONT

The use of faked materials, such as artificial fieldstone, or asbestos siding made to resemble bricks, are also examples of borax.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Matériaux de construction
DEF

Imitation médiocre, œuvre de qualité inférieure.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
CONT

The French safety methodology defines several situations integrating the mastered severe accident (MSA) for which it is necessary to demonstrate that the consequences are controlled by the design. The BORAX accident (boiling water reactor experiment) is the MSA reference to be taken into account by the containment design of JHR [Jules Horowitz reactor]. ... The BORAX accident is a worldwide reference accident for many experimental reactors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
DEF

Accident caractérisé par une interaction violente entre du combustible métallique fondu et l'eau de refroidissement du circuit primaire, elle-même consécutive à une augmentation brutale de réactivité.

OBS

BORAX : acronyme qui provient de l'anglais «boiling water reactor experiment».

OBS

accident BORAX : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 21 décembre 2013.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
Na2B4O7·10H2O
formula, see observation
1303-96-4
CAS number
DEF

The best-known sodium borate [...] crystallizing usually in large monoclinic prisms that occurs naturally in this form as a mineral, that is also obtained from other minerals ... or from the boric acid of fumaroles ..., and that is used chiefly in glass and ceramics, in agricultural chemicals, as a flux, as a cleansing agent and water softener, and as a preservative and fire retardant (as for wood).

OBS

Chemical formula: Na2B4O7·10H2O

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Na2B4O7·10H2O
formula, see observation
1303-96-4
CAS number
DEF

[Composé se présentant sous la forme d']un solide cristallisé incolore, soluble dans l'eau, surtout à chaud, [que l'on] prépare industriellement à partir de l'acide borique ou en utilisant un borate de calcium [...]

OBS

Formule chimique : Na2B4O7·10H2O

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Na2B4O7·10H2O
formula, see observation
1303-96-4
CAS number
DEF

Borato sódico que aparece en las orillas de lagos salinos y en suelos alcalinos.

OBS

Fórmula química: Na2B4O7·10H2O

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Record 5 2011-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A white, yellowish, blue, green, or gray mineral which consists of a sodium tetraborate occurring as a surface efflorescence or in large monoclinic crystals embedded in muds of alkaline lakes.

CONT

Borax is used chiefly in glass, ceramics, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, and as a flux, cleansing agent, water softener, preservative, and fire retardant.

OBS

tincal: An old name for crude borax formerly obtained from Tibetan-lake shores and deposits and once the chief source of boric compounds.

OBS

tincal: Etymology: from the Malaysian name for the substance in crude, native state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral du système monoclinique constitué de tétraborate de sodium, de couleur blanc mat; principal minerai de bore.

CONT

Les principaux minéraux de bore sont : le borax [...], la colemanite [...], la kernite [...], la boracite [...] et l'ulexite [...]

OBS

Le borax se trouve dans la nature; on désigne sous le nom de «tinkal» celui qu'on faisait venir jadis du Tibet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Sal de sodio derivada del acido bórico.

CONT

El bórax [...] se presenta en forma de cristales incoloros, solubles en el agua. Al ser calentado pierde su agua y funde. Tiene entonces la propiedad de disolver los óxidos metálicos y esta propiedad se aprovecha para el decapado de los metales que se han de soldar. Además, como al solidificarse toma el color del óxido, se usa también para decorar porcelana y vidrio y para ignifugar los telones de teatro.

OBS

El bórax existe en la naturaleza, pero se fabrica industrialmente a partir del ácido bórico o del borato del calcio natural.

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Record 6 2010-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
DEF

Composition de surcuit et de borax obtenue par un procédé de double cuisson.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A white crystalline substance used as a flux in soldering or as retarder for plaster or Paris and hydrocal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Substance cristalline blanche, utilisée comme fondant facilitant la fonte et la soudure des métaux ou comme retardateur de la prise du plâtre et de l'hydrocal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prótesis dental
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie

Spanish

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