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barium sulfate
Sign in to saveAlso known as BaSO4, BaSO₄, artificial barite, barite, barium salt of sulfuric acid, barytes, barium sulphate, blanc fixe
inorganic compound
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Barium sulfate is a chemical compound with the formula BaO₄S, also identified as barium(2+) sulfate. It has a molar mass of 233.857 and a density of 4.5. The substance exhibits a melting point of 2876 and a decomposition point of 2912. Its solubility is listed as 0.0002, while its vapor pressure is 0.
The compound has a minimal lethal dose of 250 and a time-weighted average exposure limit of 15. It possesses four hydrogen bond acceptors and zero hydrogen bond donors, with a topological polar surface area of 88.6. The charge of the molecule is 0.
Barium sulfate is referenced by 372 other encyclopedia articles. A search for the term in PubMed yields 10473 results.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- BaO4S
- Molecular weight
- 233.39 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- barium(2+) sulfate
- SMILES
- [O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].[Ba+2]
- InChIKey
- TZCXTZWJZNENPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 88.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
10,473 papers- Barium sulfate.Postgraduate medicine · 1967Miller REDOI: 10.1080/00325481.1967.11696118
- [Barium sulfate poisoning?].Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation · 1999Savry C, Bouche O, Lefrant JY et al.DOI: 10.1016/s0750-7658(99)80096-3
- BARIUM SULFATE SUSPENSIONS.Radiology · 1965MILLER REDOI: 10.1148/84.2.241
- Manipulation of Morphology, Particle Size of Barium Sulfate and the Interacting Mechanism of Methyl Glycine Diacetic Acid.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Li J, Zhou Y, Wang J et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules28020726
- Barium swallows.Radiography · 1955GREENWAY R
- Barium sulfate absorption and sensitivity.Radiology · 1990Ramani SK, Ismael AHDOI: 10.1148/radiology.174.3.895c
- [Determination method of barium sulfate in the air of workplace].Zhonghua lao dong wei sheng zhi ye bing za zhi = Zhonghua laodong weisheng zhiyebing zazhi = Chinese journal of industrial hygiene and occupational diseases · 2018Song S, Yan HFDOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.04.018
- Barium sulphate aspiration.The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh · 2021Pathak H, Patel DDOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.118
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