Borax Europe Limited.
Borax borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō`dēəm tĕ'trəbôr`āt dĕk'əhī`drāt), chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1. Europe Limited, Guildford, England, has appointed Omya U.K. Limited, Dorking, Surrey, England, as the U.K. distributor for its Firebrake ZB product range of multifunctional zinc borate borate /bo·rate/ (bor´at) a salt of boric acid.
bo·rate
n.
A salt or ester of boric acid.
borate
any salt of boric acid. fire retardant fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide synergists.
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