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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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

Other salts of barium of importance are barium chloride, barium nitrate, and barium carbonate, used in pyrotechny and in glass manufacture.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

An example required, in duplicate experiment, 18.5 c.c. and 18.7 c.c. of barium chloride, equivalent to 18.7 per cent. of sulphur.

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

If necessary, evaporate the bulk to about 200 c.c., render faintly acid with hydrochloric acid, and add 20 c.c. of solution of barium chloride; allow to stand for half-an-hour, and decant through a filter.

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

When cold, extract with water, and determine the sulphur volumetrically with standard barium chloride.

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