Q. Is baking soda and borax powder same?

Answer

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and borax (sodium tetraborate) are two different substances. Borax and baking soda are both salts and widely used as "green" alternatives to traditional cleaning products although their pH values are significantly different: borax is 9.5 while baking soda is 8. As a result borax is significantly more alkaline than baking soda. However if don't have any borax on hand use baking soda instead. However baking soda is completely safe and non-toxic and it may be used in place of borax to soften and whiten clothes and reduce the hard water's pH. Borax also called sodium borate sodium tetraborate and disodium tetraborate is a white powder that comes in a variety of forms.