Buffering agents sodium borate

Aminobutanol Aminomethyl propanediol pH buffer, detergents Sodium borate decahydrate pH buffer, soaps Sodium borate decahydrate pH control agent... 

The microemulsion of the MCBD system consists of (by weight) tetrachloroethane (7%), cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (28%), water (60%) and a small amount of tetrabuty-lammonium hydroxide as co-surfactant. The reactive decontaminants are FiClor (4%) and sodium 2-nitro-4-iodoxybenzoate (IBX, 0.1%) in sodium borate buffer. IBX is added as a nucleophilic catalyst for the hydrolysis of G-agents The borate buffer (pH 10) is essential for the maintenance of the catalytic activity of the IBX (see above and Scheme 15). IBX has little catalytic effect on the hydrolysis of VX In the phase-transfer system, hypochlorite ion is transferred into the organic phase by the phase-transfer catalyst, tetra-butylammonium chloride. 

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