Barium Acetate
Ba(C₂H₃O₂)₂ | CAS: 543-80-6 | HS: 29152990
Product Description
Barium Acetate is a water-soluble barium salt used primarily as a mordant in textile dyeing, as a catalyst in specialty organic synthesis, and as a barium source in analytical chemistry. Its high water solubility makes it the preferred barium compound in applications where a readily dissolved, reactive barium input is needed without the halide content of barium chloride. MITCHEM supplies technical and pure grades with full CoA and MSDS documentation for export to textile processors, catalyst manufacturers, and analytical reagent suppliers.
Applications by Industry
Used as a mordant in cotton and wool dyeing to improve dye fixation and colour fastness with certain anionic and reactive dye classes.
Functions as a Lewis acid catalyst in acylation, esterification, and condensation reactions in specialty organic chemical manufacturing.
Used as a standard barium reagent in gravimetric and volumetric analysis, and as a precipitant for sulphate determination in water quality testing.
Serves as a soluble barium feedstock for synthesising barium salts of organic acids and specialty barium compounds via metathesis reactions.