Baralyme is a mixture of 80%
calcium hydroxide and 20%
barium hydroxide
Barium hydroxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula Ba(OH)2. The monohydrate (''x'' = 1), known as baryta or baryta-water, is one of the principal compounds of barium. This white granular monohydrate is the usual commercial form.
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compounds that is used as an alternative to
soda lime
Soda lime is a mixture of NaOH and CaO chemicals, used in granular form in closed breathing environments, such as general anaesthesia, submarines, rebreathers and recompression chambers, to remove carbon dioxide from breathing gases to prevent ...
to absorb the exhaled carbon dioxide in a closed circuit anesthetic system.
[Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. 2009, Elsevier.]
The substance has been used for
carbon dioxide scrubbing in diving bells and the U.S Navy's engineered
SEALAB's I, II, and the failed SEALAB III.
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Anesthesia