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Facts About Barium and Ruthenium


Facts About Ruthenium 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.
  
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Carl Wilhelm Scheele   
Karl Ernst Claus   

Discovery
In 1772   
In 1844   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
4 * 10-7 %   
20

Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %   
18
~0.0000005 %   
22

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
20
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.03 %   
11
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
38

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
12
Not Available   

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