Source and application of boron

Borax is the basic raw material for the boron-compounds. Almost all boron-compounds come from borax. Borax is mainly found in borate minerals, and it is common in boron-containing salt lakes where the lake is dried up. Borax ore is abundant in China, Tibet has a large amount of natural borax, and there is also a wealth of boron ore in the northeast. Yunnan, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. They have important and widely used in metallurgy, iron and steel, machinery, military industry, cutting tools, papermaking, electronic tubes, chemical and textile industries.