barium chloride

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noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, BaCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in the synthesis of pigments and in the manufacture of rodenticides and pharmaceuticals.

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barium chloride

He grew up in Bulgaria as it was manhandled first by the fascists and then the communists, who converted young Ulrich’s passion for chemistry into a sentence at a barium chloride factory.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2011

To the filtrate ammonia is added, and then barium chloride, which precipitates the sulphur as barium sulphate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Test one for sulphates by adding water and barium chloride.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Could calcium chloride be used in place of barium chloride in testing for sulphates?

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Sulphites give with barium chloride a precipitate soluble in hydrochloric acid.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.