BARIUM BROMIDE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

see anhydrous BaBr2

Boiling point:

decomposes [CIC73]

Density 

3.58

solubility 

soluble in methanol; insoluble in ethanol, acetone, dioxane

form 

Powder

color 

White

Water Solubility 

Very soluble in water, soluble in methanol

Sensitive 

Hygroscopic

Merck 

14,968

Exposure limits

ACGIH: TWA 0.5 mg/m3
NIOSH: IDLH 50 mg/m3; TWA 0.5 mg/m3

CAS DataBase Reference

7791-28-8(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

20/22

Safety Statements 

28A-28

RIDADR 

UN1564

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

6.1

PackingGroup 

III

MSDS

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BARIUM BROMIDE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

White Crystalline Powder

Uses

Manufacturing bromides, photographic compounds, phosphors.

Uses

Barium bromide dihydrate is used to purify radium and make zinc bromide. It also used ?precursor to chemicals used in photograph.

Hazard

A poison.

Purification Methods

It crystallises from H2O (1mL/g) by partial evaporation in a desiccator. [Ehrlich in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry (Ed. Brauer) Academic Press Vol I p 930 1963.]

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