Two dry solids --- barium hydroxide and ammonium nitrate --- are mixed to produce an endothermic reaction. The temperature of the mixture drops approximately 45oC and is cold enough to freeze the ...

In the first video, they attempted to coat the cathode with barium nitrate, but this flaked off ... and uses a coating paste made from Barium Carbonate mixed with nitrocellulose in a bit of ...

Despite its toxicity and competition from substitutes like barium carbonate, industrial-grade barium nitrate still holds the leading position, due to demand emanating from explosives and pyrotechnics.