Facts About Barium and Lead
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.
  
- Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
- The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
  
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
  
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
  
Unknown
  
Discovery
In 1772
  
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
  
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
  
18
~0.000001 %
  
18
Abundance In Earth's Crust