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barium

/bair-ee-uhm, bar-/US // ˈbɛər i əm, ˈbær- //UK // (ˈbɛərɪəm) //

钡,钡剂,钡质,钡元素

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.

Examples

  • His case hinged on evidence that his hands tested positive for gunshot residue — microscopic particles of lead, barium and other metals discharged during gunfire.

  • The results of the experiments were puzzling at first, but when Hahn and Strassmann reported to Meitner that barium, a much lighter element than uranium, was a product of the reaction, it became clear what was happening.

  • Those wells contained mercury, boron, calcium, sulfate and barium — all of which are potential indicators of coal ash contaminants.

  • Barium and sodium salts were made by neutralizing the acid, and were purified by crystallization.

  • It was then evaporated to a small bulk, neutralized with barium carbonate and extracted with ether.

  • The excess of lead was removed by sulphuric acid, and the sulphuric acid was removed by barium carbonate.

  • By warming with alkalies or barium hydroxide, rhamnose is colored yellow.

  • The described change in ionization can be roughly followed with the aid of an insoluble sulphate like barium sulphate.