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    boric acid

    Also called boracic acid, H3BO3, a colorless crystalline solid and a weak inorganic acid. It gives boric oxide (B2O3) when strongly heated; sodium borate (see sodium) typifies its salts. Boric acid is used as an external antiseptic, in the production of glass, and as a welding flux.


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