barium carbide

[ Density]:
3.74

[ Melting Point ]:
decomposes [KNA91]

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₂Ba

[ Molecular Weight ]:
161.34800

[ Exact Mass ]:
161.90500

[ LogP ]:
0.16260

[ Appearance of Characters ]:
gray tetragonal crystals

[ Water Solubility ]:
decomposes in H2O yielding acetylene, HC≡CH; decomposed in acids [CRC10]