Barium Barium Barium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in group 2 and is a soft, silvery alkaline earth metal. Because of its high chemical reactivity, barium is never found in nature as a free element. Its hydroxide, known in pre-modern times as baryta, does not occur as a mineral, but can be prepared by heating barium carbonate. The most common naturally occurring minerals of barium are barite (now called baryte) (barium sulfate, BaSO) and witherite (barium carbonate, BaCO), both insoluble in water. The name "barium" originates from the alchemical derivative
Inorganic compounds by element Inorganic compounds by element This is a list of common inorganic and organometallic compounds of each element. Compounds are listed alphabetically by their chemical element name rather than by symbol, as in list of inorganic compounds. AcCl, AcF, AcO AlH, AlBr, AlBr, AlCl, AlCl(OH), AlF, AlGaAs, AlGaN, Al(OH), AlI, AlI, Al("i"-PrO), Al(NO), AlN, AlO, Al(SO), AlS, "i"-BuAlH (DIBAL-H), EtAlCl, LiAlH, (−Al(CH)O−), EtAl, MeAl AmCl, AmCl, AmF, AmO SbF, SbF, SbCl, SbCl, SbO, SbO, SbS, SbS, InSb, CHKOSb, KSbF, NaSbF, SbH, (CH)Sb HArF AsBr, AsCl, AsF, AsF, AsO, AsO, AsS, AsH, (CH)AsOOH, GaAs, KAsF, KHAsO, NaAsO, NaHAsO, NaAsO, (CH)As, (CH)As LiAt,