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Borax can be used as a primary standard for titrating against mineral acids. As one of the products (boric acid) is a weak acid selection of indicator is crucial. Methyl orange is usually employed.

J.D. Lee, Concise Inorganic Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Chapman and Hall, 1991.

Na2[B4O5(OH)4]
.8H2O
  +  
2
HCl(aq)
         
4
H3BO3
  +  
2
NaCl
  +  
5
H2O
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Borax     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Orthoboric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis
Proton transfer: Brønsted reaction

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