Facts About Barium and Dysprosium
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.
- Dysprosium acts stable in air at room temperature.
- Dysprosium behaves very much like paramagnetic metal.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Discovery
In 1772
In 1886
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %
16
2 * 10-7 %
22
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
18
~0.0000002 %
25
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
20
0.00 %
33
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.03 %
11
0.00 %
28
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
8
0.00 %
35
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
12
Not Available
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