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barium chloride
Sign in to saveAlso known as Barium dichloride, BaCl2, Barium muriate, Muryate of Barytes
chemical compound
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Within Vinony's link graph, barium chloride is referenced by 284 other articles, and connects out to barium, ion and solubility.
Vinony files it under Alkaline earth metal halides, Barium compounds and Chembox having GHS data.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- BaCl2
- Molecular weight
- 208.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- barium(2+) dichloride
- SMILES
- [Cl-].[Cl-].[Ba+2]
- InChIKey
- WDIHJSXYQDMJHN-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
via PubChem
Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
via ChEMBL · EBI
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- chlorine
- Mass
- 207.843
- Image
- Barium chloride.jpg
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- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0045
- Commons category
- Barium chloride
- chemical formula
- BaCl₂
- canonical SMILES
- [Cl-].[Cl-].[Ba+2]
- density
- 3.86
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 50
- melting point
- 962
- boiling point
- 2840
- solubility
- 38
- minimal lethal dose
- 7
- median lethal dose (LD50)
- 800
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 0.3
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- short-term exposure limit
- 1
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -860.1
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Barium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula BaCl2. It is one of the most common water-soluble salts of barium. Like most other water-soluble barium salts, it is a white powder, highly toxic, and imparts a yellow-green coloration to a flame. It is also hygroscopic, converting to the dihydrate BaCl2·2H2O, which are colourless crystals with a bitter salty taste. It has limited use in the laboratory and industry.
Preparation
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