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Borax, Chemically

April 11, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 15

The letter from Joseph A. Castellano refers to borax as a sodium perborate (C&EN, Feb. 14, page 2). Actually, borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate.

Wilson B. Lutz
North Manchester, Ind.

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