Barium carbonate (BaCO3), / witherite supplier in chennai Tamilnadu India

ENNORE INDIA CHEMICALS Barium carbonate (BaCO3), also known as witherite, is a chemical compound used in rat poison, bricks, ceramic glazes and cement.

Uses
Barium carbonate is widely used in the ceramics industry as an ingredient in glazes. It acts as a flux, a matting and crystallizing agent and combines with certain colouring oxides to produce unique colours not easily attainable by other means. Its use is somewhat controversial since some claim that it can leach from glazes into food and drink. To provide a safe means of use, BaO is often used in fritted form.

In the brick, tile, earthenware and pottery industries barium carbonate is added to clays to precipitate soluble salts (calcium sulfate and magnesium sulfate) that cause efflorescence.

Industry Uses

Catalyst for Detergent Alcohol
Not known or reasonably ascertainable
Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories
Processing aids, not otherwise listed
bonding agent
from EPA Chemicals under the TSCA

Consumer Uses

Building/construction materials - wood and engineered wood products
Building/construction materials not covered elsewhere
Detergent Alcohol
Not known or reasonably ascertainable
Paints and coatings
Tire Adhesion