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Barium Ba

 

Where is barium used--or where does it impact your everyday life?

 

Barium sulfate, a compound of barium, used to be used for medical diagnoseis by making the gut opaque to X-rays.  Si blockages, fissures and lumps could be detected in the alimentary canal.

A sample of a barium ore, francevillite, BaPb(UO2)2(VO4)2.5H2O from Mounana, Gabon on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC viewed during a Chemistry One field trip.

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A sample of barite, BaSO4,  with chalcopyrite from Dreislar, Nord Rhein, Wesphalen, Germany 

on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC viewed during a Chemistry One field trip.

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Crayons have been given chemical names representing the color of the chemical by Que Interesants

Here the dark green color of a barium compound flame--many metal ions form characteristically-colored flames as electrons, excited by the heat of the flame, fall back to the ground state, their normal positions

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