Barium Sulfate - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
In Petroleum Engineer's Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids (Second Edition), 2015. Synergistic properties. Barium sulfate is one of the most difficult types of scale to inhibit in oil- and gas-production systems because of its physical hardness and its chemical and thermal stability [74].Barium sulfate is most commonly inhibited with either phosphonate or polymeric scale inhibitors ...