a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
Also called: blanc fixe
Examples of 'barium sulphate' in a sentence
barium sulphate
It can be recycled by thermic or bacterial reduction of barium sulphate.
Luptáková Alena, Kotuličová Ingrida, Bálintová Magdaléna, Demčák Štefan 2015, 'Bacterial Reduction Of Barium Sulphate By Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria', Nova Biotechnologica et Chimicahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nbec.2015.14.issue-2/nbec-2015-0022/nbec-2015-0022.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)