Abstract: Process for the fabrication of boric acid by carboammoniac attack of a borate mineral, involving subjecting a borosodium ore, in its natural state or previously refined, and in a finely ground condition, to a treatment in an aqueous medium with carbonic anhydride and ammonia in a manner to precipitate sodium bicarbonate which is separated. The remaining mother liquor is cooled to obtain crystals of ammonium borate which are separated, redissolved, the obtained solution being decomposed by thermal means in order to form ammonia which is recycled to the ore treatment and a boric acid solution from which the acid is separated by crystallization. This process permits obtaining two valuable products: NaHCO.sub.3 and H.sub.3 BO.sub.3. When the ore is preliminarily refined, more effective utilization can be made of the ammonia.

Abstract: The recovery of boric acid from an anion exchange resin is improved by eluting the boric acid with an aqueous solution of ammonium bicarbonate. The boric acid can be readily purified and concentrated by distilling off the water and ammonium bicarbonate. This process is especially useful for the recovery of boric acid containing a high percentage of .sup.10 B which may be found in some nuclear reactor coolant solutions.

Abstract: 1. A low detonation velocity explosive consisting essentially of a particulate mixture of ortho-boric acid and trinitrotoluene, said mixture containing from about 25 percent to about 65 percent by weight of ortho-boric acid, said ortho-boric acid comprised of from 60 percent to 90 percent of spherical particles having a mean particle size of about 275 microns and 10 percent to 40 percent of spherical particles having a particle size less than about 44 microns.

Abstract: Boric acid is recovered from impure mother liquors from boric acid processes by use of porous membranes, such as cellulose acetate, by a reverse osmosis technique.