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Barium solution , analyticalstandard,100mg/Lin5%HCl , 7440-39-3

Synonym(s):
Barium element

CAS NO.:7440-39-3

Empirical Formula: Ba

Molecular Weight: 137.33

MDL number: MFCD00134031

EINECS: 231-149-1

Update time: 2022-07-08

PRODUCT Properties

Melting point: 725 °C(lit.)
Boiling point: 1640 °C(lit.)
Density  3.6 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
storage temp.  water-free area
solubility  reacts with H2O; slightly soluble in ethanol
form  rod
color  Silver-gray
Specific Gravity 3.51
Resistivity 50.0 μΩ-cm, 20°C
Water Solubility  soluble with H2 evolution in cold H2O and hot H2O; slightly soluble alcohol; insoluble benzene [CRC10]
Sensitive  air sensitive, moisture sensitive
Merck  13,967
Exposure limits TLV-TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (for soluble compounds) (ACGIH and MSHA); IDLH (for soluble compounds) 250 mg/m3 (NIOSH). .
Stability: Stability Reacts vigorously or violently with acids, water, tetrachloromethane, small halogenated hydrocarbons. Should be stored under an inert material such as petroleum ether to exclude air. Flammable.

Description and Uses

Barium is a flammable, silver white or yellowish metal in various forms including powder. Barium mayignite spontaneously in air in the presence of moisture,evolving hydrogen. Molecular weight=137.34; Boilingpoint=1640℃; Freezing/Melting point=725℃; Vaporpressure=10 mmHg at 1049℃. Hazard Identification(based on NFPA-704 M Rating System): Health 2,Flammability 4, Reactivity 3 (water reactive).

The element is used in metallurgy, and its compounds in pyrotechnics, petroleum mining, and radiology. Metallic barium has few industrial uses. It has been historically used to scavenge air in vacuumtubes. There, the metal is used as a getter in electron tubes to perfect the vacuum by combining with final traces of gases. It is also used as a deoxidizer in copper refining, and as a constituent in certain alloys. The alloy with nickel readily emits electrons when heated and, for this reason, is used in electron tubes and in spark plug electrodes. The presence of barium (atomic number 56), observed after uranium (atomic number 92) had been bombarded by neutrons, was the clue that led to the recognition of nuclear fission (1939).
The most important use of elemental barium is as a scavenger removing last traces of oxygen and other gases in television and other electronic tubes. Additionally, an isotope of barium, 133Ba, is routinely used as a standard source in the calibration of gamma ray detectors in nuclear physics studies.

Safety

Symbol(GHS) 
GHS02,GHS05,GHS06
Signal word  Danger
Hazard statements  H228-H260-H301-H314
Precautionary statements  P210-P231+P232-P260-P280-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340+P310-P305+P351+P338
Hazard Codes  C,Xi,F
Risk Statements  25-26-34-36/37/38-14/15-11
Safety Statements  23-26-36-36/37/39-45-43-36/37-16
RIDADR  UN 3264 8/PG 3
OEB C
OEL TWA: 0.5 mg/m3
WGK Germany  3
RTECS  CQ8370000
TSCA  Yes
HS Code  2805 19 10
HazardClass  8
PackingGroup  III
Toxicity An element; the heaviest of the stable alkaline earths. Barium sulfate is used as a diagnostic aid in radiology due to its radio-opaqueness and, because of its insolubility and lack of absorption, it is safe barring iatrogenic episodes. Poisoning usually results from deliberate or accidental ingestion of soluble barium compounds. The Ba2+ ion is a muscle poison due to the blocking of the K1 channels of the Na+/K+ pump in cell membranes. Because cases of barium poisoning are accompanied by severe hypokalemia, potassium infusion is an effective antidote. The toxicity of barium compounds depends on their solubility, with the free ion being readily absorbed from gastrointestinal tract or lung, whereas the sulfate is essentially unabsorbed. Thus, administration of soluble sulfates immediately after ingestion is another effective antidote.
IDLA 50 mg Ba/m3

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