For the enlightenment of those who have aged gracefully into nerdism
(born-again nerds) like myself, or who were afflicted that way ab initio, or...
who are into arcane trivia and especially elemental trivia - then *Barium*
element 56, is one of the most remarkable and strange elements in the
BlankHowdy Jones,
A neat homily on Barium, another of the quirky elements. It nearly bumps
into Lithium on the road to being an oddity. The oil industry uses Barite as a
drilling fluid since it has an ideal downhole weight. Arkansas has Barite
mines ( Magnet Cove).. hence the name MagCobar,
BlankRobin wrote..
In reply to RC Macaulay's message of Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:30:50 -0600:
Hi Richard,
[snip]
I don't suppose there is any way you could avoid attaching a blank card to your
emauls (accidental spelling error deliberately left in;) is there?
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
Howdy
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:39:11 -0800 (PST):
Hi,
[snip]
Well you take a metal which is denser than aluminum, and combine it with a gas
into a ceramic, and instead of the result averaging out to be less dense, it
is considerably denser, indicating the the oxygen is
- Original Message
From: Robin van Spaandonk
Because Barium is a rather large atom, the valence electrons are far removed
from the nucleus, and hence occupy a rather large diameter orbit (Atomic radius
= 2.78 Angstrom). When combined with a small atom like oxygen which removes
those
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