Period 6 element years and is used in medical applications, industrial gauges, and hydrology. Although the element is only mildly toxic, it is a hazardous material as a metal and its radioisotopes present a high health risk in case of radioactivity releases. Barium is a chemical element with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in Group 2, a soft silvery metallic alkaline earth metal. Barium is never found in nature in its pure form due to its reactivity with air. Its oxide is historically known as baryta but it reacts with water and carbon dioxide and is
Metallic dragon and adamantine dragons for brass and bronze, and released the latter dragons in a later book alongside cobalt, mercury, mithral, orium, and steel dragons. The classification of "metallic dragons" was used in the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" second edition "Monstrous Manual" (1993), although the gold(en) dragon first appeared in the original "Dungeons & Dragons" "white box" set (1974) and the other dragons comprising the category had been in print since the first edition "Monster Manual" (1977). The term was continued in use in the third edition and fourth edition "Monster Manual". Although weaker than many other varieties of dragonkind, brass