Facts About Barium and Ruthenium
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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