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Facts About Barium and Fermium


Facts About Fermium 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.
  
  • 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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