The Perdoic Table: The Origins Of Barium

My element 's name is Barium; the origin of Barium 's very direct name is from the Greek word “Barys,” meaning heavy, due to it 's high density.

The Chemical symbol that represents Barium is “Ba,” and the reason from it 's choosing is due to the Perdoic Table using the first and second letter of an element if the very first letter has been taken (Although, some elements are Greek, Latin, etc).

Barium is found on the Earth 's crust in with familiar minerals such as Aragonite, Calcite, Chalk, Limestone, Marble, Travertine, Magnesite, and Dolomite.

The history of Barium started in the 1600s in Bologna, Italy, a shoemaker named Vincenzo Casziarolo found some very unusual pebbles. If the pebbles were heated in the daytime, they would shine during the night. The pebble was actually the mineral Barium Sulfate.

Around the 1760s, Barium Sulfate ( Bologna stone) became very well-known and was investigated by Carl Scheele. Suddenly, he realized it was sulfate of an unknown element. Meanwhile, mineralogist Dr. William Withering had found another heavy mineral in the Lead Mine in Cumberland, which was actually a lead ore. Naming the mineral Witherite, it was soon shown to be Barium Carbonate.

1808, Humphry Davy at the Royal Instiution in London was using the process of smelting with carbon, and produced the electrolysis of Barium Hydroxide.

The physical properties of Barium are solid, pale yellow, shiny, and a malleable metal in room tempature. The melting point and boiling give off a pale-green yellow.

Some very interseting chemical properties of Barium is that it is malleable, flammable, very active, Alkaline Earth Metal Group, can be toxic, can react to water and other acids, but finally, to prevent such reacting, Barium is stored under Kerosense, Petrolem, or some other oily