999. Barium Thiosulfate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 35112-53-9
Barium hyposulfite.
BaO3S2; mol wt 249.46.
Ba 55.05%, O 19.24%, S 25.71%.
BaS2O3.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Barium (8th ed.) 30, 283 (1932) and supplement, 449 (1960).

Derivative

Monohydrate.

Properties

Cryst powder. Poisonous. Very slightly sol in water. Practically insol in alc, ether, acetone, CCl4, CS2.

Use

Manuf explosives, matches; as an iodometry standard; in photographic diffusion-transfer process.