Abrasives, ceramic, and inorganic materials. Roberto C. Dante, in Handbook of Friction Materials and their Applications, 2016 8.9 Barium sulfate: barite. A special mention must be given to barite, i.e., a mineral composed of BaSO 4, which is the most common filler with a high density of 4.48 g cm − 3, used in friction materials both for the high density, which …Web