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Barium fluoride

powder, 98%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
BaF2
CAS Number:
7787-32-8
Molecular Weight:
175.32
EC Number:
232-108-0
MDL number:
MFCD00003450
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329752433
NACRES:
NA.55

assay

98%

form

powder

bp

2260 °C (lit.)

density

4.89 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

F[Ba]F

InChI

1S/Ba.2FH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

InChI key

OYLGJCQECKOTOL-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Features and Benefits

Primary glass modifier in fluorozirconate glasses.

pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H301,H332

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Large barium fluoride detectors.
Wisshak K and Kappeler F.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 227(1), 91-96 (1984)
Synthesis and fluorescence of neodymium-doped barium fluoride nanoparticles.
Bender CM, et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 12(7), 1969-1976 (2000)
Refractive properties of barium fluoride.
Mayakova MN, et al.
Journal of the Optical Society of America, 54(5), 628-630 (1964)
Jian Ruan et al.
Optics express, 17(7), 5163-5169 (2009-04-01)
Bi-doped BaF(2) crystal was grown by the temperature gradient technique and its spectral properties were investigated. The absorption, emission and excitation spectra were measured at room temperature. Two broadband emissions centered at 1070 and 1500 nm were observed in Bi-doped
S Tavernier et al.
Medical progress through technology, 17(3-4), 237-241 (1991-01-01)
The work presented is part of a design study for a Positron Emission Tomograph (PET) scanner based on the use of BaF2 scintillator and photosensitive wire chambers. The detection efficiency for gamma radiation of 511 keV is found close to
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