How is the industrial production of barium sulfate(BaSO4)?

Question

plz add the sources

Answer 1

barium sulphate occurs naturally in the form of the mineral barite.

i think you would be more innterested in the industrial production of barium metal, which is electrolyis of molten barium chloride.

BaSO4 is reduced by graphite carbon to barium sulphide in a blast furnace. they react this with calcium chloride to form barium chloride, which is much easier to melt than barium sulphate.

the perform electroylsis on molten BaCl2 to retrieve molten barium and chlorine gas.