RXSOL
Lab Chemical
BARIUM CARBONATE LR
SKU: RXSOL-60-6604-011
Barium carbonate is the inorganic compound.Barium carbonate's formula BaCO3. Like most alkaline earth metal carbonates, it is a white salt that is poorly soluble in water. It occurs as the mineral known as witherite. In a commercial sense, it is one of the most important barium compounds.
Application
Barium carbonate is widely used in the ceramics industry as an ingredient in glazes. It acts as a flux, a matting and crystallizing agent and combines with certain colouring oxides to produce unique colours not easily attainable by other means.
Dosage
Barium is a white liquid that is visible on X-rays. Barium passes through the digestive system and does not cause a person any harm.
Technical Specifications
| Physical state at 20 °C : | Solid |
| Odour threshold : | No data available |
| pH value : | Not applicable. |
| Melting point [°C] : | 811°C |
| Decomposition point [°C] : | 1300°C |
| Critical temperature [°C] : | N/A |
| Auto-ignition temperature [°C] : | N/A |
| Flammability (solid, gas) : | N/A |
| Flash point [°C] : | N/A |
| Boiling point [°C] : | N/A |
| Initial boiling point [°C] : | N/A |
| Final boiling point [°C] : | N/A |
| Evaporation rate : | N/A |
| Vapour pressure [20°C] : | N/A |
| Vapour pressure mm/Hg : | N/A |
| Vapour density : | N/A |
| Density [g/cm3] : | 4,43 |
| Relative density, gas (air=1) : | N/A |
| Relative density, liquid (water=1) : | N/A |
| Solubility in water [% weight] : | Slightly soluble |
| Solubility in water : | N/A |
| Log Pow octanol / water at 20°C : | No data available. |
| Solubility : | N/A |
| Viscosity at 40°C [mm2/s] : | N/A |
| Explosive properties : | N/A |
| Explosion limits - upper [%] : | N/A |
| Explosion limits - lower [%] : N/A | N/A |
| Oxidising properties : | No data available. |
