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A white crystalline solid ‘A’ dissolves in water to give an alkaline solution. On heating ‘A’ first loses water molecules and swells up. On further heating it turns into a transparent liquid which solidifies into a glassy bead.

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‘A’ is Borax i.e. Na2[B4O5(OH)4].8H2O which is also written as. 

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