| Chemistry name: | barium monohydrate |
| M Formula: | Ba(OH)2•H2O |
| Properties: | |
| White powder. Soluble in dilute acids; slightly soluble in water. | |
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| See Barium. | |
| Use: | |
| Manufacturing of oil and grease additives, barium soaps, and chemicals. Refining of beet sugar, alkalizing agent in water softening, sulfate removal agent in treatment of water and brine,boiler scale removal, dehairing agent, catalyst in manufacture of phenol-formaldehyde resins, insecticide and fungicide, sulfate-controlling agent in ceramics, purifying agent for caustic soda,steel carbonizing agent, glass, refining edible oils, elastomer vulcanization. | |