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Chemical compound
Tetraboric acid or pyroboric acid is a chemical compound with empirical formula H2B4O7.[2] It is a colourless water-soluble solid formed by the dehydration or polymerization boric acid.
Tetraboric acid is formally the parent acid of the tetraborate anion [B4O7]2−.
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boric acid. Tetraboricacid is formally the parent acid of the tetraborate anion [B4O7]2−. Tetraboricacid can be obtained by heating orthoboric acid B(OH)3...
term "boric acid" is also used generically for any oxoacid of boron, such as metaboric acid HBO2 and tetraboricacid H2B4O7. Orthoboric acid was first prepared...
such as: boric acid or orthoboric acid, B(OH)3 metaboric acid, an acid containing boron, HBO2 tetraboricacid or pyroboric acid, an acid containing boron...
When heated above about 170 °C, metaboric acid dehydrates, forming tetraboricacid, also called pyroboric acid (H2B4O7): 4 HBO2 → H2B4O7 + H2O Metaborates...