How are the properties and safety concerns of these two chemicals barium sulfate and barium sulfide different? are they similar?

Barium Sulfate is chemically stable and safe for human consumption.

Barium Sulfide is toxic and shall be handled with care.

Barium ions ions can damage cell membranes and are thus toxic to the human body.

Barium ions in barium sulfate, however, are held tightly in ionic lattice and barely dissolve in water. Barium sulfate thus stay intact and give rise to no harmful ions when orally ingested.

Barium sulfide can dissolve in water at significant quantities to produce barium ions and sulfide ions. Barium ions are toxic aforementioned whereas sulfide ions can undergo hydrolysis to produce hydrogen sulfide, a weak acid that evolves and behaves as a toxic gas.

i would say b

explanation:

but i think i would need more information than that

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.