How to Use barium sulfate in a Sentence

barium sulfate

noun

• The paint is made with barium sulfate, an additive used in paper and makeup.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2021
• The one that performed best is based on barium sulfate, a compound used to whiten photo paper and cosmetics.
  — ABC News, 25 Apr. 2021
• The amount of light each barium sulfate particle scatters depends on its size, Peoples said.
  — Sarah Bowman, chicagotribune.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• The scientists made sure the paint had a high concentration of barium sulfate particles of many different sizes.
  — ABC News, 25 Apr. 2021
• Finally, the team made sure the barium sulfate particles came in a variety of sizes because each size scatters a different wavelength of light.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 May 2021
• But mining of barium sulfate was only possible from the 1850s onwards.
  — Quartz, 22 May 2021
• The oldest layer of crystals, which include the mineral barite (barium sulfate), formed at temperatures of about 100°C.
  — Sid Perkins, Science | AAAS, 18 Oct. 2019
• In addition barium sulfate was found in large quantities.
  — Quartz, 22 May 2021
• Thus, a creation date is only possible after 1850 when barium sulfate was introduced.
  — Quartz, 22 May 2021
• Purdue University engineers made the paint, which consists primarily of barium sulfate, a compound used in cosmetics and ultrawhite paper products.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2021
• The researchers ultimately selected a relatively inexpensive compound called barium sulfate.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 May 2021

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