Barium sulfate Barium sulfate Barium sulfate (or sulphate) is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula BaSO. It is a white crystalline solid that is odorless and insoluble in water. It occurs as the mineral barite, which is the main commercial source of barium and materials prepared from it. The white opaque appearance and its high density are exploited in its main applications. About 80% of the world's barium sulfate production, mostly purified mineral, is consumed as a component of oil well drilling fluid. It increases the density of the fluid, increasing the hydrostatic pressure in the well and reducing the chance
Metallic dragon and adamantine dragons for brass and bronze, and released the latter dragons in a later book alongside cobalt, mercury, mithral, orium, and steel dragons. The classification of "metallic dragons" was used in the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" second edition "Monstrous Manual" (1993), although the gold(en) dragon first appeared in the original "Dungeons & Dragons" "white box" set (1974) and the other dragons comprising the category had been in print since the first edition "Monster Manual" (1977). The term was continued in use in the third edition and fourth edition "Monster Manual". Although weaker than many other varieties of dragonkind, brass