I'll be your Huckleberry... "Note that he states that metaborate is inferior to borax as a buffer." Why would I want to know this? R Robert Hall www.RobertHall.com On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hall" <robert.g.hall@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:11 AM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Paraformaldehyde/Acetone in lith developers > > I was able to find Ryuji Suzuki's artical about sodium metaborate at his > site. He gives the formula for it as: > In order to make 1.0g sodium metaborate tetrahydrate, mix 0.692g borax and > 0.145g sodium hydroxide. When dissolved in water, these two make solutions > of identical composition. > This is the correct version. > See his artical at: http://silvergrain.com/labs/Metaborate > Note that he states that metaborate is inferior to borax as a buffer. > > >