Strontium carbonate is the carbonate salt of strontium. It is a tasteless and odorless white or grey powder. Being a carbonate, it is a weak base and therefore is reactive with acids. It is otherwise stable and safe to work with. It is practically insoluble in water and occurs in nature as the mineral strontianite. If not natural strontianite, strontium carbonate is typically prepared synthetically in one of two manners. First of which is from naturally occurring celestine also known as strontium sulfate (SrSO4) or by using soluble strontium salts in a reaction with soluble carbonate salt (usually sodium or ammonium carbonates).
