What is barium sulphate (BaSO4)?
Barium sulfate is an inorganic salt compound of sulfates and barium with the chemical formula BaSO4. Barium sulfate exists as white crystals, insoluble in water and dilute acids. This is the least toxic salt of all Barium compounds.
Barium sulfate also has different names such as Barium sulfate, barium sulfate, …
Barium sulphate can be widely used in industries such as paint, ink, plastic, coating, enamel, glass, … especially in the mining industry.
Barium Sulfate is applied to the following industries:
Barium Sulfate is used to produce high quality white papers.
Barium sulphate is used as a white colorant, as a photosensitive medium for x-ray procedures or as an anti-diarrhea agent.
Barium sulphate is often used as a filler for the plastics industry or in metal casting, and molds are often coated with barium sulfate to prevent molten metals from combining with mold.
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