THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. By Colson Whitehead. 306 pp. Doubleday. $26.95. Colson Whiteheadâs novels are rebellious creatures: Each one of them goes to great lengths to break free of the last one, of its structure and language, of its areas of interest.
Natron is a naturally occurring mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate (Na 2 C O 3 Â·10H 2 O, a kind of soda ash) and around 17% sodium bicarbonate (also called baking soda, NaHCO 3) along with small quantities of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
For the quintessence of classical philosophy, see Aether (classical element). Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5. Produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and supernovae and not by stellar nucleosynthesis, it is a low-abundance element in the Solar system and in the Earth's crust. Boron is concentrated on Earth by the water-solubility of its more common naturally occurring compounds, the borate minerals.