[TheForge] Drying Borax (was: Welding flux?)

[Jerry Frost]

Oh NO Bruce, not YOU! MSDS are NOT chemical data sheets, they're simple 
lists of of hazardous materials, hazardous decomposits and reportable 
quantities with basic precautions and containment or cleanup procedures. 
You can not only not base any kind of chemistry on MSDS you can't even 
trust the list of ingredients, they only concern themselves with hazmats.

Jer


On 7/22/2013 1:21 PM, Bruce . wrote:
> I can't vouch for it, but that figure came from the U.S. Borax MSDS
> for 20-Mule Team Borax.
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:10 PM, James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 22, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Bruce . wrote:
>>
>>> I stand corrected on the MP of borax decahydrate -- but that wasn't a
>>> typo, it was a misreading of a table.  Anhydrous borax melts at about
>>> 1365 F - no mistake.  But the decahydrate "melts" at 144 F -- WAY
>>> lower.
>>   I think you mean begins to decompose to the anhydrous form at 144F not melts, it is anything but liquid at that temp.
>>
>> James Binnion
>> jbin at well.com
>>
>>
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