boric acid

Question

Please, does anyone know what boric acid is in spanish'

Answer 1

Or any other good deterrents or ways to get rid of scorpions'

Answer 2

Mz Badger said:

Lazarus, does carbonic acid work too? I only came across one reference to it when I searched yesterday. Maybe it's just less commonly used? Or more hazardous to use'James, yes chemistry and maths tended to be the subjects (at college) that exchange students excelled at. Purely out of curiosity, is dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and DEET "related''?

Carbonic acid is basically the carbon dioxide that makes sodas fizzy, hehe. It was just an example of how similar can English and Spanish nomenclatures be in chemistry.

The DEET doesn't even contain boron, so it has nothing to do with boric acid.

Answer 3

Scorpians! eek, run. Be sure to check your shoes before putting them on.

Answer 4

Hello Mz Badger.

Here is some information about behavior and controlling scorpions.
You are right about using boric acid, and to use natural predators for them, chicken; but be careful boric acid may poison the chickens.
Also I would recomend to place glue boards next to doors and windows.

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1223/#ManagementofScorpions

http://www.bugspray.com/article/scorpions.html

http://www.thebestcontrol.com/bugstop/control_scorpions.htm

Answer 5

Purely out of curiosity, is dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and DEET "related'''

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is a common herbicide, while DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) is a common insect repellent ingredient. I don't know of any relation between the two.

Answer 6

THANK YOU ALL!

Eddy; I'm just waging war on the scorpions, not making bombs!

For the record, there are a flock of wild chickens (yes, really, I wish they laid some eggs and not just squawked...) living in between our group of 3 houses, and since they supposedly are the best help you can have in these matters, I don't want to poison them if I can help it.

Lazarus, does carbonic acid work too? I only came across one reference to it when I searched yesterday. Maybe it's just less commonly used? Or more hazardous to use?

James, yes chemistry and maths tended to be the subjects (at college) that exchange students excelled at. Purely out of curiosity, is dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and DEET "related'''

Answer 7

lazarus1907 said:

Chemical terms are most of the time pretty similar:

Carbonic acid = Ácido carbónico

Boric acid = Ácido bórico

That's the beauty of chemistry; it's an international language. Even in Japanese the terms are usually very similar to English (eg, alkyl is arukiru), except for the older elements, such as oxygen and nitrogen, which have Chinese-based names. My translation specialty is chemistry, and I have thought about trying my hand at a Spanish chemistry translation, but it doesn't pay nearly as well as Japanese.

There are differences in spelling between SP and EN, such as dichlorophenoxyacetic acid = ácido diclorofenoxiacético, but they are easily learned.

Answer 8

Chemical terms are most of the time pretty similar:

Carbonic acid = Ácido carbónico
Boric acid = Ácido bórico

Answer 9

Mz Badger said:

Or any other good deterrents or ways to get rid of scorpions?

Hi Mz
Just thought this might be of interest.

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Answer 10

acido bórico