Barium chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula BaCl2. It is one of the most common water-soluble salts of barium. Like most other barium salts, it is colorless, toxic, and imparts a yellow-green coloration to a flame. It is also hygroscopic, converting first to the dihydrate BaCl2(H2O)2. It has limited use in the laboratory and industry.
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Barium borate is an inorganic compound, a borate of barium with a chemical formula BaB2O4 or Ba(BO2)2. It is available as a hydrate or dehydrated form, as white powder or colorless crystals. The crystals exist in the high-temperature α phase and low-temperature β phase, abbreviated as BBO; both phases are birefringent, and BBO is a common nonlinear optical material.
Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Group Thursday announced a partnership with German chemical giant BASF for a Rs 16,000-crore factory that will mark its foray into the petrochemicals sector which is currently dominated by Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries.
Adani Group and BASF will set up a chemical factory at Gujarat's Mundra district, besides putting up wind and solar power plant at the site to meet the electricity requirement of the unit, the two companies said in a statement.