An important material for glass, ceramic enamels, nonferrous and metallurgical industry, can be used as a micro-nutrient in fertilzers and disinfectant in agriculture like timber preservative, as a fire retardant, and as an anti-fungal compound for fiberglass.
Mainly used as flux in ferrous and non-ferrous mettalurgical processes, as source of micronutrient in fertilizers, as biochemical buffer, swimming pool buffering agent to control Ph, as neutron absorber in nuclear reactors, to give green tint to fires
Used for making ceramic glazes, cements, wicks, special glasses, in leather dressing compounds for pretaration of hides prior to tanning, as flux in metallurgical industry, in fire-proofing compositions, pigments, enamel paints, paper glazes, cosmetics, soaps, textiles, etc.
