Agent Name
Barium chlorate
Synonyms
Ba Chlorate; Chlorate de baryum [French]; Chloric acid, barium salt; Clorato barico [Spanish]; [ChemIDplus] UN1445
Category
Metals, Inorganic Compounds
Description
Colorless or white solid; [Hawley] Soluble in water; [MSDSonline]
Sources/Uses
Used in pyrotechnics; in the manufacture of explosives and matches; as a mordant in dyeing; in the manufacture of other chlorates; [HSDB]
Comments
A skin, eye, and respiratory tract irritant; Can induce methemoglobinemia; Can cause hypokalemia, cardiac arrhythmias, and muscular paralysis; [ICSC] See "Barium."
TLV (ACGIH)
0.5 mg/m3, as Ba
PEL (OSHA)
0.5 mg/m3, as Ba
MAK
0.5 mg/m3, as Ba, inhalable fraction(soluble compds)
IDLH (NIOSH)
50 mg/m3, as Ba
Methemoglobinemia
MetHgb is secondary toxic effect
ACGIH Carcinogen
Not Classifiable
Processes
Industrial Processes with risk of exposure: