Nomenclature
CAS number: 35112-53-9
Barium hyposulfite.
BaO
3S
2; mol wt 249.46.
Ba 55.05%, O 19.24%, S 25.71%.
BaS
2O
3.
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.