Periodic Table · element

Barium

Ba · Z 56

atomic number

56

atomic mass

137.33

notation

Ba

group

2: Beryllium

period

6

state0c

Solid

state20c

Solid

occurrence

Primordial

density

3.51

melting pt

725

boiling pt

1897

discovered

1772

abundance

425

ore grade

400000

ore minerals

barite (barytes)

mined as

Primary

extraction

Barite is mined, ground and used almost as-is — nine tenths of it as the weighting agent in oil-well drilling mud.

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