Facts About Barium and Fermium
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.
- Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
- Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons
History
Who Discovered
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1772
In 1952
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %
16
Not Available
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
18
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
20
Not Available
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.03 %
11
Not Available
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
8
Not Available
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
12
Not Available
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