Ba Barium 56 137.327 2 6 s 56 725.0 1640.0 [Xe] 6s2 2 8 18 18 8 2 3.5 0.034% Silver Cubic: Body centered 0.9 0.881 {"1":"502.9","2":"965.2","3":"3600"} 508 13.95 198 2 2.22 39.0 8.01 140.2 0.204 18.4 0 Solid, Paramagnetic, Conductor, AlkalineEarthMetal, Metal, Stable, Natural BAR-i-em Soft, slightly malleable, silvery-white metal. Barite, or barium sulfate (BaSO4), when ground is used as a filter for rubber, plastics, and resins. It is insoluable in water and so is used in X-rays of the digestive system. Barium nitrate, Ba(NO3)2, burns brilliant green and is used in fireworks. Found in barytine (BaSO4) and witherite (BaCO3), never found in pure form due to its reactivity. Must be stored under kerosene to remain pure. IQ2u1JunzgA Barium

Element 43 was predicted on the basis of the periodic table, and was erroneously reported as having been discovered in 1925, at which time it was named masurium.

The element was actually discovered by Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè in 1937.

It was also found in a sample of molybdenum sent by Ernest Lawrence that was bombarded by deuterons in the Berkeley cyclotron. From the Greek word technetos, artificial 56 1808 Sir Humphrey Davy England From the Greek word "barys" meaning "heavy"

Technetium is harmful due to its radioactivity

Technetium was the first element to be produced artificially

Technetium is used in nuclear medicine to carry out a number of medical tests, mainly relating to imaging and functional studies of internal bodily organs like bone scan.

It is also used industrially for equipment calibration following its approval as a standard beta emitter.

Mild carbon steels may be effectively protected by minute quantities of technetium, but this corrosion protection is limited to closed systems because of technetium's radioactivity.