Marie Curie

In chemical terms, radium differs little from barium; the salts of these two elements are isomorphic, while those of radium are usually less soluble than the barium salts.

Polish Scientist

Charles Duhigg

Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.

American Journalist

Barium is specialized vocabulary used by professionals in science and medicine.

Technical Term

Barium is crucial in medical imaging, helping to highlight parts of the body on X-rays.

Medical Imaging

Ordinary conversations rarely use 'barium'; it's mostly in scientific or medical contexts.

Not Everyday Language

 were not normal rocks. They were barium sulphate, which are rocks twice the density of normal stones. If you do the calculations on the ballistics, on the stopping power of the rock fired from David's sling, it's roughly equal to the stopping power of a handgun.

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 kilo batches and a small sample is ignited to make sure it has the requisite brightness this sample has been mixed with strontium to make it glow red and it's clearly a pass while this sample has barium added to