Nitrobarite Mineral Data

Nitrobarite Mineral Data +

General Nitrobarite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ba(NO3)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 261.34 gm

Barium 52.55 % Ba 58.67 % BaO

Nitrogen 10.72 % N 41.33 % N₂O₅

Oxygen 36.73 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ba(NO₃)₂

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Synonym:

ICSD 35495

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Nitrobarite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.1184, Z = 4; V = 535.07 Den(Calc)= 3.24

Crystal System:

Isometric - TetartoidalH-M Symbol (2 3) Space Group: P 2₁3

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.689(1), 2.447(0.75), 2.344(0.45),

Physical Properties of Nitrobarite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Colorless.

Density:

3.25

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Nitrobarite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.004 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.007 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1764,KPDmeas= 0.1758,KC= 0.1751

Optical Data:

Isotropic, n=1.5714.

Calculated Properties of Nitrobarite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.93 gm/cc
note: r_Nitrobarite=3.25 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.20062
Boson Index = 0.79938

Photoelectric:

PE_Nitrobarite= 233.41 barns/electron
U=PE_Nitrobarite x r_electron= 685.04 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Nitrobarite is Not Radioactive

Nitrobarite Classification

Dana Class:

18.2.1.1 (18)Simple Nitrates

(18.2)where A (NO3)2 · x(H2O), x can equal zero

(18.2.1)Dana Group

18.2.1.1 Nitrobarite Ba(NO3)2 P 2₁3 2 3

Strunz Class:

V/A.01-30 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/A - Nitrates [NO3]1-

V/A.01 - Nitronatrite - Nitrobarite series

V/A.01-10 Nitratine NaNO3 R 3c 3 2/m

V/A.01-20 Niter KNO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m

V/A.01-25 Gwihabaite! (NH4,K)(NO3) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

V/A.01-30 Nitrobarite Ba(NO3)2 P 2₁3 2 3

V/A.01-35 Chlorartinite! Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH)·3(H2O) R 3c (?) 3m

Other Nitrobarite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Nitrobarite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Nitrobarite

Ba(NO3)2
Dana No: 18.2.1.1 Strunz No: V/A.01-30
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