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Facts About Cesium and Barium


Facts About Barium and Cesium


Facts

Interesting Facts
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  • 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.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   
Carl Wilhelm Scheele   

Discovery
In 1860   
In 1772   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-8 %   
24
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000008 %   
20
~0.000001 %   
18

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
20

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
35
0.03 %   
11

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
17
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
17
0.00 %   
12

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