barium carbonate

barium carbonate
noun
: a water-insoluble toxic salt BaCO3 occurring in nature as witherite, made artificially by precipitation as a white powder, and used chiefly in making other barium compounds, in removing sulfates from aqueous solutions, in ceramics as a flux, and in optical glass

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Chem.
a white, poisonous, water-insoluble powder, BaCO3, used chiefly in the manufacture of rodenticides, paints, and dyes.
[1870-75]

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barium carbonate,
a poisonous compound occurring as a mineral, witherite, or prepared synthetically. It is used in the manufacture of optical glass, paints, enamels, and dyes, and as a rat poison. Formula: BaCO3

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