Barium - Environmental Health Criteria 107
| dc.contributor | Economy Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | World Health Organization | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | International Labour Organisation | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-19T18:03:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-19T18:03:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 92 4 157107 1 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29454 | |
| dc.description | Barium is one of the alkaline earth metals, having a relative atomic mass of 137.34 and an atomic number of 56. It has seven naturally occurring stable isotopes, of which 138Ba is the most abundant. Barium is a yellowish-white soft metal that is strongly electropositive. It combines with ammonia, water, oxygen, hydrogen, halogens, and sulfur, energy being released by these reactions. It also reacts strongly with metals to form metal alloys. In nature barium occurs only in a combined state, the principal mineral forms being barite (barium sulfate) and witherite (barium carbonate). Barium is also present in small quantities in igneous rocks and in feldspar and micas. It may be found as a natural component of fossil fuel and is present in air, water, and soil. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHEMICALS | en_US |
| dc.title | Barium - Environmental Health Criteria 107 | en_US |
| dc.type | Reports and Books | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en_US |
| wd.topics | Chemicals & waste | en_US |
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