0 a chemical used in industry and medicine. In medicine, barium sulfate is swallowed by a person just before an X-ray is taken of their stomach and bowels, so that these organs can be seen clearly.
Fouling of membranes in reverse osmosis systems can occur due to differential solubility of barium sulfate in solutions of different ionic strength.
As the barium sulfate doesn't dissolve, this type of contrast agent is an opaque white mixture.
A supported palladium catalyst on barium sulfate, and doped (poisoned) with quinoline hydrogenates alkynes into "cis" -alkenes.
In the laboratory barium sulfate is generated by combining solutions of barium ions and sulfate salts.
Barium sulfate is one of the most insoluble salts of sulfate.
Different consistencies of liquid and food mixed with barium sulfate are fed to the patient by spoon, cup or syringe, and x-rayed using videofluoroscopy.
The enema may contain barium sulfate powder, or a water-soluble contrast agent.
In colorimetry barium sulfate is used as a near-perfect diffuser when measuring light sources.
