Green River Journal | 1955-12-15 | Page 3 | Borax Evolution

borax evolution IN EARLY DAYS when the 20 mule teams hauled borax out of death valley the stuff was good for softening water and not much else today borax has a bright new technological future reports chem ical week it is being researched for rocket fuels flame retardants re frac tones tories catalysts and steel alloy ing mg it has been found to posses prom ising electrical possibilities in the coming atomic power age it may be useful as a neutron absorber in reactors some of the borax research going on in los angeles is behind the security curton