BARIUM CHLORATE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 13477-00-4 (Anhydrous),
10294-38-9 (Monohydrate)

BARIUM CHLORATE

EINECS NO. 236-760-7
FORMULA Ba(ClO3)2
MOL WT. 304.23

H.S. CODE

TOXICITY  
SYNONYMS Chloric Acid, Barium Salt;
SMILES  

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE white crystalline solid
MELTING POINT

 

BOILING POINT  
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 3.18
SOLUBILITY IN WATER soluble (27.5g/ml)
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY  

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

Health: 1 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 1 Other: Oxidizer

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 

FLASH POINT Not combustible
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions.

APPLICATIONS

Barium Chlorate is used in the pyrotechnics to give a bright light for illumination (especially green light). It is a powerful oxidizing agent. It is used to manufacture explosives and matches because of its ability to produce oxygen. Chlorate is a powerful ingredient of bleaching powder used in paper and pulp processing and calico printing.
SALES SPECIFICATION (MONOHYDRATE)

APPEARANCE

white crystalline solid
ASSAY
98.0% min

PARTICLE SIZE

1.0% max (bigger than 150µm)

Fe

0.003% max

WATER

5.8% max

TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 100kgs in drum
HAZARD CLASS 5.1 (Packing Group: II)
UN NO. 1485
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: XN O, Risk Phrases: 9-20/22, Safety Phrases:13-27
Chlorate is the common name for chlorate(V) salt. The related names to the acids are clear when the oxidation number statement is appended; hypochlorite [or chlorate(I)] contains the ion, ClO- ; chlorite [or chlorate(III)], ClO2-; Chlorate [or chlorate(V)], ClO3-; perchlorate [or chlorate(VII)], ClO4-.