barium compound

Barium compounds are added to fireworks to impart a green color.

It is an irritant, as are all barium compounds.

Barium compounds put out a greenish flame when heated red-hot.

Like other barium compounds, it is toxic.

The material behaved somewhat similarly to barium compounds, although some properties, such as the color of the flame test and spectral lines, were much different.

Radiocontrast agents are typically iodine or barium compounds.

Barium compounds are quite heavy.

Other barium compounds have several other uses.

It is more easily turned into other barium compounds than barium sulfate, barite.

It contains barium in the +2 oxidation state, as in all barium compounds.

Most barium compounds are colorless.

Water-soluble barium compounds are poisonous.

Like all soluble barium compounds, barium nitrate is toxic by ingestion or inhalation.

However, inhaled dust containing insoluble barium compounds can accumulate in the lungs, causing a benign condition called baritosis.

It is soluble in water, and like other soluble barium compounds, is toxic and should be handled with care.

It does not have a long list of uses and is not a very common compound compared to other Barium compounds and other chlorate compounds.

It was noted that ZnO was preferable to the usage of barium compounds, as it was deemed to be less toxic.

Soluble barium compounds are poisonous due to release of the soluble barium ion, and have been used as rodenticides.

Barium sulfate is also used as a high temperature oxidizer in certain pyrotechnic formulas, as barium compounds emit a green light when burned.

Other target organs for water-soluble barium compounds (i.e., barium ions) are eyes, immune system, heart, respiratory system, and skin.

Cathodes are often made from porous tungsten filled with a barium compound, which gives low work function; the structure of cathode has to be tailored for the application.

Note that while soluble barium compounds are very toxic, the insoluble barium sulfate is non-toxic because its low solubility prevents the body from absorbing it.

Volatile barium compounds burn with a green to pale green flame, which is an efficient test to detect a barium compound.

It is an oxidizing agent, which is used for bleaching and as an oxidizer in fireworks, which also gives a vivid green colour upon ignition, as do all barium compounds.

As barium compounds emit a green light when burned, barium salts are often used in green pyrotechnic formulas, but the nitrate and chlorate salts are more common.