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.
Boron (IPA: /ËbÉËrÉn/) is a chemical element with atomic number 5 and the chemical symbol B. A trivalent compound containing boron occurs abundantly in the ore borax. Boron is never found free in nature, and is a non-metal. Several allotropes of boron exist; amorphous boron is a brown powder, though crystalline boron is black, hard (9.3 on Mohs' scale), and a weak conductor at room temperature.