Boric Acid Powder
What you are buying
You are purchasing high purity Boric Acid
Powder. Packaging of the product is dependent on
the quantity purchased, more information on this
can be found on the packaing page.
Description: This product is odorless, non-
staining and often used for indoor insect
control
Boric Acid Uses
- MEDICINAL
- Boric acid can be used as an antiseptic for
minor burns or cuts and is sometimes used in
dressing or salves or is applied in a very dilute
eyewash in a 1.5% solution. It is also used as
prevention of athlete’s foot, by inserting powder in
the socks or stocking, and in solution can be used
to treat some kinds of ear infections in both
humans and animals.
- INSECTICIDAL
- Boric acid has been registered as an
insecticide since 1948 for control of cockroaches,
termites, fire ants, fleas, silverfish and many other
insects. It acts as a stomach poison affecting the
insects’ metabolism. The dry powder is abrasive to
the insects’ exoskeleton. Boric acid is generally
considered to be safe to use in household kitchens
to control cockroaches and ants. Boric acid can be
used to make homemade ant bait by dissolving 1
teaspoon powdered boric acid and 10 teaspoons
sugar into 2 cups (~500ml) of water. The mixture
can then be absorbed into cotton balls, which are
left near ant trails.
- PRESERVATION
- In combination with its use as an insecticide,
boric acid also prevents and destroys existing wet
and dry rot in timbers. In combination with an
ethylene glycol carrier boric acid can be used to
treat external wood against fungal insect
attacks.
Boric Acid Powder Information
Boric acid, also called boracic acid or
orthoboric acid or Acidum Boricum, is a mild acid
often used as an antiseptic, insecticide, flame
retardant, in nuclear power plants to control the
fission rate of uranium, and as a precursor of other
chemical compounds. Boric acid exists in the form
of colorless crystals and dissolve in water. Boric
Acid has the chemical formula H3BO3.
Boric acid is generally known as a desiccant; in
other words, it kills by removing the moisture from
the body of the target pests, causing severe
dehydration, which will affect electrolyte
metabolism with the potential of metabolic
acidosis. In fact, boric acid is a stomach poison
normally ingested, along with the fact that it can
also enter the blood by inhalation. Boric acid is an
acid. Acid will decrease the pH level with the
possible side effects of renal, respiratory, and
cardiovascular failure.Boric acid (100%) powder is
odorless, non-staining and otften used for indoor
insect control. This product can be used to kill
roaches, water bugs, ants, fleas and silverfish.
Insects walk through the dust, ingest it, and die
within hours.
