975. Barium Formate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 541-43-5
C2H2BaO4; mol wt 227.36.
C 10.57%, H 0.89%, Ba 60.40%, O 28.15%.
Ba(HCOO)2.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Barium (8th ed) 30, 311 (1932), and supplement, 477 (1960).

Properties

Crystals. Poisonous. d 3.21. Soluble in 4 parts cold, 3 parts boiling water. Practically insol in alcohol.