SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                          Barringer Technologies, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Delaware                                          84-0720473
(State of incorporation or organization)       (IRS Employer Identification No.)



 219 South Street, Murray Hill, New Jersey                       07974
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class                         Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered                         each class is to be registered

None


If this form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(b)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [ ]

If this form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(g)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [X]


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Stock Purchase Rights





Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

          On August 26, 1998, the Board of Directors of Barringer  Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  declared a dividend payable on
September 9, 1998 of one right (a "Right") for each outstanding  share of common
stock,  par value $.01 per share,  of the Company held of record at the close of
business on September 8, 1998, or issued  thereafter and prior to the Separation
Time (as  defined  in the Rights  Agreement  referred  to below) and  thereafter
pursuant to options and  convertible  securities  outstanding  at the Separation
Time.  The Rights will be issued  pursuant to a  Stockholder  Protection  Rights
Agreement,  dated as of August 26, 1998 (the  "Rights  Agreement"),  between the
Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent.

          The  description  of the Rights  contained  in the  Company's  Current
Report on Form 8-K dated  August 26, 1998 is hereby  incorporated  by  reference
herein.

          The Rights  Agreement (which includes as Exhibit A the forms of Rights
Certificate and Election to Exercise and as Exhibit B the form of Certificate of
Designation and Terms of the  Participating  Preferred Stock) is attached hereto
as an exhibit and is hereby incorporated herein by reference. The description of
the Rights  incorporated  by reference to the Company's  Current  Report on Form
8-K,  dated  August 26,  1998,  is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Rights Agreement and such exhibits thereto.


Item 2.                    Exhibits.

Exhibit No.                Description

     1.                    Rights Agreement.

     2.                    Forms  of  Rights  Certificate  and  of  Election  to
                           Exercise,   included  in  Exhibit  A  to  the  Rights
                           Agreement.

     3.                    Form of  Certificate  of  Designation  and  Terms  of
                           Participating  Preferred Stock, included in Exhibit B
                           to the Rights Agreement.






                                    SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant  has duly caused this  registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                     BARRINGER TECHNOLOGIES INC.



                                     By:     /s/  Stanley S. Binder
                                             Name:  Stanley S. Binder
                                             Title: Chairman of the Board
                                                    and Chief Executive Officer



Date:  September 2, 1998






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                                  Sequentially
Exhibit No.                Description                            Numbered Page

   1.                      Stockholder Protection Rights
                           Agreement, dated as of August 26,
                           1998 (the "Rights Agreement"),
                           between Barringer Technologies, Inc.
                           and American Stock Transfer &
                           Trust Company, as Rights Agent
                           (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
                           Company's Current Report on Form
                           8-K, dated August 26, 1998, and
                           incorporated herein by reference).

   2.                      Forms of Rights Certificate and
                           of Election to Exercise, included
                           in Exhibit A to the Rights
                           Agreement.

   3.                      Form of  Certificate  of  Designation
                           and Terms of Participating Preferred 
                           Stock of the Company, included in 
                           Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement.