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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