V-Bor is a commercially packaged form of borax pentahydrate (Na<sub>2</sub>B<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub>÷5H<sub>2</sub>O). It is produced by the Searles Valley Minerals company from minerals mined at Searles Lake. It has most of the same uses as borax. It is also used to neutralize skins/hides in leather tanning, corrects boron deficiency in plants, reduces the melting temperature in glass processes, is a fire retardant in cellulose insulation, and is used to make a bleaching agent for home laundry.