Basic Information of Barium Fluoride
- Product Name: Barium Fluoride
- Molecular Formula of Barium Fluoride: BaF₂
- Molecular Weight of Barium Fluoride: 175.324 g/mol
- CAS Number of Barium Fluoride: 7787-32-8
- EINECS Number of Barium Fluoride: 232-108-0
- Appearance of Barium Fluoride: Colorless crystalline powder
- Solubility of Barium Fluoride: Soluble in hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and ammonium chloride solutions; sparingly soluble in water.
What is Barium Fluoride?
- Barium Fluoride is an inorganic compound, a colorless and transparent alkaline earth fluoride crystal.
- Barium Fluoride raw materials are divided into two grades: industrial grade and optical grade.
- Industrial grade Barium Fluoride is mainly used as a corrosion inhibitor and a metal heat treatment agent, and is also a source of fluorine and barium elements in industry.
- Optical grade Barium Fluoride is an indispensable raw material in high-end optical equipment.
Why choose Highassay’s Barium Fluoride？
- Highassay is aBarium Fluoride raw material supplier from China. We offer various grades of barium fluoride raw materials. If you wish to purchase barium fluoride raw materials, please contact us immediately.
- Our industrial-grade barium fluoride is an important additive in industrial production and can be directly used in metallurgical fluxing, glass manufacturing, and other processes.
- Our optical-grade barium fluoride is a key raw material for the production of barium fluoride crystals and can be used in the processing and production of barium fluoride crystals.
- No matter what type of barium fluoride raw material you need, we can help you. We look forward to your inquiry.
Do you need Barium Fluoride? We offer customized solutions.
- Highassay can provide free Barium Fluoride samples (up to 500g) for testing and verification.
- Highassay providesCOA, SDS, and third-party testing reports with our Barium Fluoride products.
- Highassay’s Barium Fluoride is available in various packaging sizes: 25kg, 500kg, and 1000kg.
- Highassay has stable monthly production capacity and supports long-term supply.
Highassay’s Optical Grade Barium Fluoride
Highasay can provide you with optical-grade Barium Fluoride, which is one of our specialty products. Please contact us if you have any purchasing needs.
Optical-grade Barium Fluoride represents the high-end applications of Barium Fluoride, specifically designed for precision optics. If you require its use in fields such as ultraviolet lithography systems, high-energy ray detection, infrared thermal imaging, and astronomical telescopes, please contact me!
Our optical-grade Barium Fluoride appears as a white powder or colorless, transparent crystal fragments. If used as a raw material, it can be used to fabricate crystal elements with excellent optical transmittance in the 0.13µm to 12µm wavelength range through crystal growth or hot pressing processes.
Highassay’s optical-grade Barium Fluoride raw materials can meet your following requirements:
- Extremely high purity requirements for optical-grade Barium Fluoride: ≥99.99%, 4N
- Specific impurities in optical-grade Barium Fluoride must be strictly controlled to extremely low levels: strontium, calcium, iron, silicon, etc.
- Strict control of residual specific anions in optical-grade Barium Fluoride: such as nitrate or nitrite concentrations maintained below 1 ppm.
- Quantifiable test indicators for optical-grade Barium Fluoride: such as impurity elements, particle size distribution, and transmittance testing.
Highassay’s Industrial Grade Barium Fluoride
Our Industrial-grade Barium Fluoride is an important partner for improving your industrial production efficiency. Please contact me if you have any needs.
Our Industrial-grade Barium Fluoride is an important flux and heat treatment agent for your industry. It effectively lowers the melting point of furnace charge, effectively removes impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus during the smelting process, and improves metal quality while reducing energy consumption.
Industrial-grade Barium Fluoride can be used as a highly efficient flux, which can improve the densification and surface quality (hardness, wear resistance, etc.) of glass/ceramics by promoting liquid phase formation, and is also beneficial to improving the optical properties and antifouling ability of glass/ceramics.
Industrial-grade Barium Fluoride is an important raw material for the manufacture of motor brushes, and our products ensure that the brushes have good conductivity and wear resistance.
Industrial-grade Barium Fluoride can be used as a solid lubricant, especially in high-temperature or special environments, to reduce mechanical wear and extend service life.
Our Industrial-grade Barium Fluoride can be used as a wood preservative and a formulation ingredient in certain agricultural pesticides, providing long-lasting protection for your products.
Our prices vary depending on the grade of Barium Fluoride raw material and also fluctuate with market changes. Higher grade Barium Fluoride raw material corresponds to higher product prices. Optical grade Barium Fluoride powder is significantly more expensive than industrial grade Barium Fluoride. For detailed product pricing information, please contact me immediately.
Yes, in addition to its use in growing optical crystals, optical-grade Barium Fluoride, with its unique physicochemical properties, is used in the production of specialty glasses, laser generators, optical fibers, and other products, making it a key auxiliary material in the manufacturing of these high-end products.
Optical-grade Barium Fluoride requires a purity of ≥99.99% (4N); industrial-grade Barium Fluoride requires ≥98% – 99%. The core functions of optical-grade Barium Fluoride are optical transmission and crystal growth; industrial-grade Barium Fluoride is used for fluxing, heat treatment, and corrosion protection. The main customers for optical-grade Barium Fluoride are optical component manufacturers and research institutions; industrial-grade Barium Fluoride is used by metallurgical plants, glass factories, and chemical plants.
Barium Fluoride can be used in the production of scintillator materials, window materials, laser windows, welding flux, enamel manufacturing, motor brushes, vacuum coating, infrared-transmitting thin films, solid lubricants, etc.
Barium Fluoride is a salt, neither acidic nor alkaline. When Barium Fluoride is dissolved in water, the aqueous solution is usually neutral or weakly alkaline (pH approximately 7-8). Barium Fluoride can react with calcium, so contact with acidic substances should be avoided during storage and use.
Specification of Barium Fluoride
| Product Name | Barium Fluoride |
| Density | 4.83 – 4.89 g/cm³ |
| Melting Point | 1353℃ – 1368℃ |
| Boiling Point | Approximately 2260℃ |
| Refractive Index | Approximately 1.47 – 1.48 |
| Abbe Number | 81.61 |
| Thermal Conductivity | 13 W/m·K at 20K |
| Mohs Hardness | Level 3 |
| Dielectric Constant | 7.36 |
| Lattice Constant | a = 0.62 nm (cubic crystal system) |
| Hygroscopic | Slightly hygroscopic |
| Stability | Generally stable, but incompatible with acids. |
| Radiation Resistance | It has the strongest resistance to high-energy radiation among all fluoride optical materials. |
| Toxicity | Moderate toxicity |
| Shelf Life | There is no fixed shelf life; the key lies in storage conditions. |
| Storage | It should be stored in a well-ventilated, dry, and clean warehouse, sealed, and protected from moisture. |
| Package | The common specification is 25kg/bag, with an inner polyethylene plastic bag and an outer woven plastic bag. Different packaging options such as 1kg, 2kg, 5kg, and 10kg can also be provided according to customer requirements. High-purity products are often vacuum-sealed. |
