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Facts About Barium and Copper


Facts About Copper 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.
  
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Carl Wilhelm Scheele   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1772   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %   
18
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
20
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.03 %   
11
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
12
0.00 %   
9

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