----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:41 PMSubject: [pure-silver] Re: 'Ripening' procedure for developer?
This is from the B&H site (describing the specifications for PF Borax):
Synonyms Biborate of soda Biborate of sodium Borate of soda Borate of sodium Purified borax Pyroborate of soda Sodium biborate Sodium borate Sodium pyroborate Sodium tetraborate Tetraborate of soda 20 Mule Team BoraxBorax is available as borax, pentahydrate, but most commonly as borax, decahydrate, the form used in photographic formulas. The old term for decahydrate is crystalline. Borax, decahydrate, and 20 Mule Team Borax are
one and the same.So maybe sodium metaborate is the only thing that *isn't* borax.
Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/See my last post. Metaborate is a boron compound but is NOT Borax. It can be made from Borax and Sodium Hydroxide in solution as detailed in that message.
--- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USAdickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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