NOUN
- a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative
- any of various acids containing boron and oxygen
How To Use boric acid In A Sentence
- [13] Boric acid is a common constituent of several minerals such as borax, boracite, boronatrocaicite and colemanite. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- On the ants— apparently the key ingredient in ALL the colony-killers is boric acid, which doesn't poison them but desiccates them. Making Light: Open thread 134
- Intravaginal nystatin or boric acid pessaries are alternative treatments
- By occasional soap-and-hot-water washing; by extraction of the involved hairs, when practicable; by carbolic acid or boric acid lotions to the whole scalp, so as to limit, as much as possible, the spread of the disease; and by daily (or twice daily) applications to the patches and involved areas of a parasiticide. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
- To reduce fire potential, straw can be treated with natural flame retardants such as boric acid or clay slip, a watery solution of clay and dirt.
- The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
- Both metaboric and tetraboric acid form when orthoboric acid dehydrates above 170°C and CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum constitute a suitable combination for the treatment of these cases, and this powder should be liberally employed. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
- A saturated solution of boric acid, a dusting-powder of calomel or oxide of zinc, and the following lotion, containing calamine and oxide of zinc, are valuable: -- Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
- Adopting boric acid solution, especially for micro - determination, we should adjust pH to 10.0±0.5 before putting color reagent.
