Nomenclature
CAS number: 10553-31-8
BaBr
2; mol wt 297.14.
Ba 46.22%, Br 53.78%.
Description and references
Prepn: Gmelins, Barium (8th ed.) 30, 223 (1932) and supplement 380-381 (1960).
Properties
Dihydrate, crystals or granules; loses 1H2O at 75° and all the H2O at 120°. Poisonous. mp ≈850° when anhydr. Very sol in water; sol
in methanol. Almost insol in ethanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, dioxane.Use
In the manuf of other bromides; in the prepn of
phosphors.