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Barium

CAS 7440-39-3

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

13981-97-0 · 15010-01-2

Barium chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Barium in plain language

What it is

Also known as Barium 137 · Elemental barium · BARIUM-138 · 56Ba · Ba · Barium metal

Show all 25 names

Bario; Baryum · Barium Standard: Ba @ 10 microg/mL in 2% HNO3 · Barium Standard: Ba+2 @ 1000 microg/mL in H2O · Barium and Compounds · Barium and soluble compounds · Barium element · Un 1400 · Un 1854 · bario · barium (compound) (sara 313) · barium (sara 313) · barium (sara iii) · barium (soluble compounds) · barium atom · barium(0) · barium(2+) ion · barium(II) cation · baryum · barium (as found in ingredient 1)

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Barium yet.

Recorded functional uses: Insulators · Surface modifier · Tile body

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Barium appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 975 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Other direct contact consumer goods. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including tile body, Surface modifier, Insulators.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 975 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Other direct contact consumer goods. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including tile body, Surface modifier, Insulators.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Barium yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated may 31, 2017

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Barium in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

975

Named organisations

6

Construction and building materialsFurniture and furnishingsOther direct contact consumer goodsHome maintenanceRaw materialsArts and crafts/office supplies

Typical roles

InsulatorsSurface modifierTile bodyTile body & glazeWetting agent (non-aqueous)
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Barium; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.