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Barium

Barium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in group 2 and is a soft, silvery alkaline earth metal. Because of its high chemical reactivity, barium is never found in nature as a free element.

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130Ba
0.11%
131Ba
synth
132Ba
0.1%
133Ba
synth
134Ba
2.42%
135Ba
6.59%

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Barium

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples166
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
Components1

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related to history · 24
Barium → Alchemists, Also, Antoine Lavoisier, Augustus Matthiessen, Bologna, Carl Scheele, Casciorolus, Cumberland, Davy, England, English, French, Guyton, Italy, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Latin, Middle Ages, Morveau, Oxidized, Robert Bunsen
related to Occurrence and production · 14
Barium → Another, Baryte, Britain, China, Earth's, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Romania, The, Turkey, US, USSR
related to Other barium compounds · 11
Barium → Ba2, BaO, BaSO4, By, CRT, Fe2O3, Ferrite, It, Other, X-rays, YBCO
related to Barium sulfate and baryte · 7
Barium → BaSO4, For, French, Lithopone, The, X-ray, X-rays
related to Chemical reactivity · 7
Barium → As, Ba, For, Its, NH2, NH3, Reactions
related to External links · 7
Barium → Elements Multidict3-D Holographic Display, Elementymology, Nottingham, The Periodic Table, University, Using Strontium Barium Niobate, Videos
related to Toxicity · 7
Barium → Inhaled, LD50, Little, Soluble, Symptoms, The, The US EPA
related to Palaeoceanography · 6
Barium → Dissolved, Global, Particulate, POC, The, With
related to Physical properties · 6
Barium → At, Because, It, Its, Mohs, The
related to Isotopes · 5
Barium → Barium-130, Earth's, Its, Of, Though

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used metal baryte sulfate compounds oxide element barite calcium strontium carbon aluminium form iron also known carbonate zinc lead oxygen

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Barium130Ba0.11%1.00infobox
Barium131Basynth1.00infobox
Barium132Ba0.1%1.00infobox
Barium133Basynth1.00infobox
Barium134Ba2.42%1.00infobox
Barium135Ba6.59%1.00infobox
Barium136Ba7.85%1.00infobox
Barium137Ba11.2%1.00infobox
Barium138Ba71.7%1.00infobox
Barium140Basynth1.00infobox
BariumAppearancesilvery gray; with a pale yellow tint1.00infobox
Bariumat T (K)9111.00infobox
BariumAtomic number (Z)561.00infobox
BariumAtomic radiusempirical: 222 pm1.00infobox
BariumBlocks-block1.00infobox
BariumBoiling point2118 K ​(1845 °C, ​3353 °F)1.00infobox
BariumBulk modulus9.6 GPa1.00infobox
BariumCAS Number7440-39-31.00infobox
BariumCovalent radius215±11 pm1.00infobox
BariumCrystal structure​body-centered cubic (bcc) (cI2)1.00infobox
BariumDensity (at 20° C)3.594 g/cm31.00infobox
BariumDiscoveryCarl Wilhelm Scheele (1772)1.00infobox
BariumElectrical resistivity332 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
BariumElectron configuration[Xe] 6s21.00infobox
BariumElectronegativityPauling scale: 0.891.00infobox
BariumElectrons per shell2, 8, 18, 18, 8, 21.00infobox
BariumFirst isolationHumphry Davy (1808)1.00infobox
BariumGroupgroup 2 (alkaline earth metals)1.00infobox
BariumHeat of fusion7.12 kJ/mol1.00infobox
BariumHeat of vaporization142 kJ/mol1.00infobox

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