Facts About Iron and Barium
Interesting Facts
- Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
- The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.
  
- 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
  
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Unknown
  
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
  
Discovery
Before 5000 BC
  
In 1772
  
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Universe
1.1 * 10-1 %
  
1
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
  
18
Abundance In Earth's Crust