Chemical Properties
Barium chloride is a white/colorless solid, stable under ordinary conditions of use and
storage. It is incompat ible with bromine tril uoride, 2-furan percarboxylic acid (anhydrous).
General Description
White crystalline solid with a bitter, salty taste.
Reactivity Profile
BARIUM CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE(10326-27-9) may react violently with BrF3 and 2-furan percarboxylic acid in its anhydrous form.
Air & Water Reactions
Water soluble.
Health Hazard
Exposures to barium chloride cause sore throat, coughing, and labored breathing, and
become harmful and fatal if swallowed or inhaled. Prolonged exposures cause irritation
to the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract, and involve the heart, respiratory system, and the
CNS. An accidental ingestion of barium chloride causes severe gastroenteritis, abdomi-
nal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, faintness, paralysis of arms and legs, and a slow or
irregular heartbeat. In severe cases, barium chloride may cause collapse and death from
respiratory failure.
Fire Hazard
Flash point data for this chemical are not available. BARIUM CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE is probably combustible.
Uses
Barium chloride dihydrate is mainly used in the purification of brine solution in caustic chlorine plants, as a reagent in the test for sulfate ion in chemical lab, and as a cleansing agent in the production of other barium chemicals and lubricating oil additives. It is used in the production of molecular sieves, pigments, and paper coatings, and serves as a precursor to fabricate the doped barium zirconate.
Definition
ChEBI: A hydrate that is the dihydrate form of barium chloride.
Safety Profile
A poison by intraperitoneal route.When heated to decomposition it emits toxic vapors of Baand Cl-.
Purification Methods
It is crystallised twice from water (2mL/g) and dried in an oven to constant weight. The solubilities of the hydrate (% of anhydrous wt) in H2O are 31.6 at 0o, 35.7 at 20o and 58.7 at 100o.
