barium

Summary

barium is a chemical element^[1]. barium draws 1,877 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #73 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• barium is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Scheele^[3].
• barium is credited with the discovery of Humphry Davy^[4].
• barium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• barium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[6].
• weight is named after barium^[7].
• barium's location of discovery is recorded as Royal Institution^[8].
• barium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Ba]^[9].
• barium's element symbol is recorded as Ba^[10].
• barium's chemical formula is recorded as Ba^[11].
• barium is part of period 6^[12].
• barium is part of alkaline earth metal^[13].
• barium's Commons category is recorded as Barium^[14].
• barium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋇^[15].
• barium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1808^[16].
• barium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1772^[17].
• barium's found in taxon is recorded as Isaria cicadae^[18].
• barium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barium^[19].
• barium's Commons gallery is recorded as Barium^[20].
• barium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+56'}^[21].
• barium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.89'}^[22].
• barium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[23].
• barium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[24].
• barium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• barium's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• barium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5] and lithophile^[6].

Origins

weight is named after barium^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6^[12], a period^[28] and alkaline earth metal^[13], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for barium include barytocalcite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; banalsite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; babefphite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; nabalamprophyllite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; batisite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; bazirite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; bariosincosite^[42], a mineral species^[43]; and nitrobarite^[44], a mineral species^[45].

Why It Matters

barium draws 1,877 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #73 of 144).^[2] barium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] barium is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for barium include barytocalcite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; banalsite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; babefphite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; nabalamprophyllite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; batisite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; and bazirite^[40], a mineral species^[41].