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Barium Sulfate

CHEBI:CHEBI_133326

Definition

A metal sulfate with formula BaO4S. Virtually insoluble in water at room temperature, it is mostly used as a component in oil well drilling fluid it occurs naturally as the mineral barite.

Chemical Information

Molecular Formula
BaO4S
Molecular Mass
233.85698
Charge
0
SMILES
[O-]S([O-])(=O)=O.[Ba+2]
InChI
InChI=1S/Ba.H2O4S/c;1-5(2,3)4/h;(H2,1,2,3,4)/q+2;/p-2
InChIKey
TZCXTZWJZNENPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Alternative Names

  • barite
  • Baritop
  • barium sulfate
  • Barosperse
  • Barotrast
  • BaSO4
  • blanc fixe
  • E-Z-Paque
  • Enamel White
  • EneCat
  • EneMark
  • EntroBar
  • Esophotrast
  • Liquipake
  • Macropaque
  • Micropaque
  • Microtrast
  • Pigment White 22
  • Radiobaryt
  • Radiopaque
  • Readi-CAT
  • sulfuric acid, barium salt (1:1)

Drug Classification

Important Medical Information

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Additional Identifiers

DRON_00010000
1331
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Additional References

Wikipedia:Barium_sulfate

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