Page issues. Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and as refuse or rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. Garbage can also refer specifically to food waste, as in a garbage disposal; the two are sometimes collected separately.
melting is what you do to a material that is metal, without flux. What you would do with pure PMs. Smelting is what is done to remove impurities from gold and reduce/oxidize other materials out. Since gold does not oxidize borax affects lighter elements that oxidize and rise to the surface.hat you would do with pure PMs. Smelting is what is done to remove impurities from gold and reduce/oxidize other materials out. Since gold does not oxidize borax affects lighter elements that oxidize and rise to the surface.
Now, much of the mined Borax is from the Southwest U.S. The localities there are mostly in California, in Boron, Kern Co. (usually as an artificial by-product of mining operations); Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co.; Borax Lake, Lake Co.; and Death Valley, Inyo Co.he Mineral borax. Borax occurs in arid regions, forming from evaporation of saline lake s. Borax is also synthetically formed as a by-product of mining operations of borate deposits, and most of the specimens from the famous mine at Boron, California, are formed this way.