Barium Bromite

Description

Only the dihydrate is known but there may be others. Like its strontium analogue, barium bromite can be prepared as a stable compound and so has found favor in Industry for preparing sodium bromite in situ for use as a bleaching process for rayon fibers.Barium bromites are surprisingly stable compounds in the solid state. Thus, it is very suitable for relatively inexpensive transportation since the oxidation properties are suppressed.
Barium bromite is also useful as an oxidizing agent, in general, and is particularly advantageous because of its relative stability under atmospheric conditions. In spite of this, barium bromite has found little usage in Industry since the bromates are more stable and easier to prepare.