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BARIUM CARBONATE

Product code RXSOL-60-6604-011

BARIUM CARBONATE LR

Description

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
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.

Precautions
Precautions