Abstract 1. A PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE PRODUCT OF REACTION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF BORIC ACID, AN ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC CHELATING AGENT AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE REACTED AT A PH WITHIN THE RANGE OF 9.6 TO 10.5 IN PROPORTIONS TO GIVE A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION WHICH IS NON-FLOCCULATING AT 20* C., SAID CHELATING AGENT BEING FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GLUCONIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE GLUCONATES, LACTIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE TARTRATES, CITRIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE CITRATES, OXALIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE OXALATES, LACTIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE LACTATES, ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, N-HYDROXYETHYL ETHYLENE DIAMINE TRIACETRIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, AND DIETHYLENE TRIMANE PENTAACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, THE MOLAR RATIO OF BORIC ACID, CAKCULATED AS B2O3, TO POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE TO INHIBIT PRECIPITATION AS K2O, BEING WITHIN AGEN OF 1;3 TO 3:1 AND THE QUALITY OF SAID CHELATING AGENT BEING SUFFICIENT TO INHIBIT PRECIPITATION, THE RESULTANT SOLUTION CONTAINING 40% TO 60% BY WEIGHT DISSOLVED SOLIDS.
A PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE PRODUCT OF REACTION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF BORIC ACID, AN ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC CHELATING AGENT AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE REACTED AT A PH WITHIN THE RANGE OF 9.6 TO 10.5 IN PROPORTIONS TO GIVE A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION WHICH IS NON-FLOCCULATING AT 20* C., SAID CHELATING AGENT BEING FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GLUCONIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE GLUCONATES, LACTIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE TARTRATES, CITRIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE CITRATES, OXALIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE OXALATES, LACTIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE LACTATES, ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, N-HYDROXYETHYL ETHYLENE DIAMINE TRIACETRIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, AND DIETHYLENE TRIMANE PENTAACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, THE MOLAR RATIO OF BORIC ACID, CAKCULATED AS B2O3, TO POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE TO INHIBIT PRECIPITATION AS K2O, BEING WITHIN AGEN OF 1;3 TO 3:1 AND THE QUALITY OF SAID CHELATING AGENT BEING SUFFICIENT TO INHIBIT PRECIPITATION, THE RESULTANT SOLUTION CONTAINING 40% TO 60% BY WEIGHT DISSOLVED SOLIDS.
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A PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE PRODUCT OF REACTION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF BORIC ACID, AN ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC CHELATING AGENT AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE REACTED AT A PH WITHIN THE RANGE OF 9.6 TO 10.5 IN PROPORTIONS TO GIVE A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION WHICH IS NON-FLOCCULATING AT 20* C., SAID CHELATING AGENT BEING FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GLUCONIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE GLUCONATES, LACTIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE TARTRATES, CITRIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE CITRATES, OXALIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE OXALATES, LACTIC ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE LACTATES, ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, N-HYDROXYETHYL ETHYLENE DIAMINE TRIACETRIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, AND DIETHYLENE TRIMANE PENTAACETIC ACID AND ITS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS, THE MOLAR RATIO OF BORIC ACID, CAKCULATED AS B2O3, TO POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE TO INHIBIT PRECIPITATION AS K2O, BEING WITHIN AGEN OF 1;3 TO 3:1 AND THE QUALITY OF SAID CHELATING AGENT BEING SUFFICIENT TO INHIBIT PRECIPITATION, THE RESULTANT SOLUTION CONTAINING 40% TO 60% BY WEIGHT DISSOLVED SOLIDS.