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Facts About Barium and Calcium


Facts About Calcium and Barium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Barium oxidizes very easily in the air.
  • All toxic compounds of Barium can easily dissolve in water.
  • Barium carbonate is used to produce a Rat poison and its other compound Barium nitrate is used in fireworks to produce green color.
  
  • Calcium ranks 5th rank in the list of earth’s abundance Percentage.
  • It is found in the compound state.
  • Gypsum or calcium sulfate is used as plaster and plaster of paris.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Carl Wilhelm Scheele   
Humphry Davy   

Discovery
In 1772   
In 1808   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
7 * 10-3 %   
3

Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %   
18
~0.007 %   
4

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
20
1.10 %   
4

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.03 %   
11
5.00 %   
3

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
5

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
12
1.40 %   
1

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