barium

chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56
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barium

Summary

barium is a chemical element[1]. barium draws 97 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 a type of alkaline earth metal[12].
  • barium is a type of light metal[13].
  • barium is a type of s-block[14].
  • barium is part of period 6[15].
  • barium is part of alkaline earth metal[16].
  • barium's Commons category is recorded as Barium[17].
  • barium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋇[18].
  • barium's crystal system is recorded as body-centered cubic[19].
  • barium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1808[20].
  • barium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1772[21].
  • barium's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈbɛəriəm[22].
  • barium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barium[23].
  • barium's Commons gallery is recorded as Barium[24].
  • barium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+56'}[25].
  • barium's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+1.25'}[26].
  • barium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.89'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[5] and lithophile[6]. Recorded subclass of include alkaline earth metal[12], light metal[13], and s-block[14].

Origins

weight is named after barium[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6[15], a period[28] and alkaline earth metal[16], a group[29].

Influence

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

Why It Matters

barium draws 97 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 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+215'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bcl', '
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+215'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 215 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 7d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 8420
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  3. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 8420
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 008420, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  4. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → body-centered cubic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P556]]: [[Q851536]], add crystal system from en:Template:Infobox element"
  5. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+1'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: 1, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  6. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈbɛəriəm
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  7. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-bar
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-barium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/sym"
  8. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s², 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s²
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P8000]]: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s², correct electron configuration: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 4d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 5d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s² → 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ "
  9. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+1.25'}
    Standard molar entropy → {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+170.25'}, {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+66.33'}, {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+62.48'}
    Standard enthalpy of formation → {'unit': 'Q752197', 'amount': '+179.08'}, {'unit': 'Q752197', 'amount': '+4.99'}
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q208106]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  10. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → alkaline earth metal, light metal, s-block
    Standard enthalpy of formation → {'unit': 'Q752197', 'amount': '+179.08'}, {'unit': 'Q752197', 'amount': '+4.99'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3078]]: 179.08 kilojoule per mole, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  11. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → alkaline earth metal, light metal, s-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19563]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  12. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006886n
    Interlingual index id → i113898
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078427
    Found in taxon → —
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  13. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+2940000.0'}
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.238'}
    Electrical resistivity → {'unit': 'Q1441459', 'amount': '+0.000000332'}
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+18.0'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P5668]]: 8,934,000,000.0 pascal"
  14. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+8934000000.0'}
    Shear modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+5667000000.0'}
    Cod id → 1545111
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 1545111, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  15. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1qkiu9
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  16. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → barij
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