Definitions for barium

barium bar·i·um

Spelling: [bair-ee-uh m, bar-]
IPA: /ˈbɛər i əm, ˈbær-/

Barium is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in barium (abimru).

Definitions for barium

noun

  1. 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.

Origin of barium

First recorded in 1800-10; bar(ytes) + -ium

Examples for barium

From dilute sulphuric acid, neutralised with carbonate of barium, and the solution evaporated and crystallised.

Poisonings with barium carbonate have also been reported in pigs.

Oxides of lead, zinc, and barium are often used in this way.

Dilute the solution and precipitate the acid with barium chlorid.

The mass is then taken up with water, and chloride of barium added to the solution.

barium carbonate also gives a precipitate, and is useful in separations.

Will she be able to illuminate a screen treated with platino-cyanide of barium?

What weight of barium sulphate will be formed at the same time?

The chromates of lead and barium separate as yellow precipitates.

Sulphates, estimated as barium sulphate, and calculated to K2SO4.

Word Value for barium
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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