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Offline elbeano

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Boric acid
« on: January 17, 2008, 04:29:53 AM »
Hi there

I'm trying to make some boric acid and i have some boron trioxide. If i dissolve this in water will i make the boric acid i'm after?

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Re: Boric acid
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 06:50:22 AM »
Actually I don't think so. B2O3 is prepared by annealing B(OH)3. It will probably just dissolve in water with deltaH<0.

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