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Common Boric Acid in Nature
2024-06-25
Boric acid is an inorganic weak acid containing boron, with the appearance of white powder or transparent crystals, greasy to the touch, slightly soluble in cold water, but the solubility will increase with the temperature, at 20 ℃, 1 liter of water can dissolve about 47.2 grams of boric acid. Boric acid is quite common in nature: seawater itself contains boric acid and other salts; it can also be found in some special volcanic areas, such as Tuscany and the Liparic Islands in Italy and Nevada in the United States. Sometimes boric acid coexists with boron-bearing minerals and is interspersed in the mineral structure.
In addition, boron is essential for plant growth, it can promote lignin production and root growth; if there is a lack of boron, the plant will be yellowed or blackened, and even the shape of the leaves will be stunted. And these boron elements are often stored in the form of boric acid in plants, especially fruit trees and fruits. So the intake of trace amounts of boric acid is not something alarming, the human body can also be naturally metabolized, and will not be harmful to health.