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**Synthesis/Production **
Barium was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy, an English chemist, in 1808 through the electrolysis of molten baryta Barium is never found free in nature since it reacts with oxygen  in the air, forming barium oxide, and with water, forming barium hydroxide and hydrogen  gas. Barium is most commonly found as the mineral barite and witherite and is primarily produced through the electrolysis of barium chloride. - [|Education.org] .

Barium is found only in combination with other elements, chiefly with sulfate and carbonate and is prepared by electrolysis of the chloride

 1. Barium  sulfate  is a white crystalline solid with the chemical formula. It is poorly soluble  in water  and other traditional solvents but is soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">. - BaSO4 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> 2. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Barium nitrate <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1"> with <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">chemical formula <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1"> is a salt of <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">barium <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1"> and the <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">nitrate <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ion <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1">. Barium nitrate exists as a white solid at room temperature. It is soluble in water, and like other soluble barium compounds, is toxic and should be handled with care. - Ba( <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">N <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">O <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1">3 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1">)2 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">

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 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Number of Energy Levels: **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 6
 * First Energy Level:** 2
 * Second Energy Level:** 8
 * Third Energy Level:** 18
 * Fourth Energy Level:** 18
 * Fifth Energy Level:** 8
 * Sixth Energy Level:** 2

** Human Health Implication **
The substance may spontaneously ignite on contact with air (if in powder form). The substance is a strong reducing agent and reacts violently with oxidants and acids. Barium reacts with water, forming combustible gas and barium hydroxide. Barium also reacts violently with halogenated solvents causing fire and explosion hazard. Barite is the most commonly form of barium found. Ingestion of certain forms of barium in toxic amounts leads to gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and watery diarrhea. Within 1-4 hours of ingestion, profound hypokalemia develops in certain instances, and potassium levels are associated with generalized muscle weakness that might progress to paralysis of the limbs and respiratory muscles). http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/barium  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/barium/casedef.asp

Environmental Implications
Barium is a usually found in its white silvery state covered by a layer of oxide, this thin layer of oxide protects it from the air. If the layer of oxide were to be burned of this would cause new chemicals called white barium oxide, BaO, and barium nitride, Ba3N2. Barium reacts with water to form barium hydroxide and hydrogen gas .The reaction is quicker than that of strontium but probably slower than that of radium. Its balanced equation is Ba(OH)2 it is also known as baryta, it is one of the principal compounds of barium. Barium is an element therefore is does not decompose. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium

**Economical/Political Impact**
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If this element were ban then there would not be much of an impact to the economy because we have substitutes for it. Though if it were ban in a rapid sense the economy would suffer because we would have to wait for new products to replace it. Barium is used in fireworks to give a green colouration, glassmaking; barium is used as a getter in the electronics industry to remove the last traces of gases in vacuum tubes. Also barium is used in medicine in the form of a Barium Mea, is used as an X-Ray contrast medium. Mostly all countries have or accept this product and it isn’t banned anywhere. The average American life would have no effect if it were ban and some American don’t even know that this chemical even exist, even though it has the nickname “The secret lead” because it has all the effects lead has. http://www.ucc.ie/academic/chem/dolchem/html/elem/elem056.html

__** __** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> 1.   We use barium because it can help medically and industrially in certain states without harming or poisoning anyone. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> 2. There are many things that barium is used in such as: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  Barite-Drilling mud is used as a weighting substitute for drilling wells <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  Barium Sulfate- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">used as a <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">radio contrast <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> agent for <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">X-ray imaging <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> of your digestive system <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Barium Carbonate- This is used in rat poison and is also used in making bricks. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">And many, many more <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> 3. Barium is much stronger than what is regularly used in these products and more effective. So this benefits by being much more reliable and also save the other products that we used before barium for much more useful products. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> 4. Barium is used all around the world but mostly in industrial companies and in factories where it acts as a substitute for most products. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> 5. Barium is not banned anywhere.
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