I-elementi ye-barium yaziwa njengenobuthi, kodwa i-barium sulfate yayo ehlanganisiwe ingasebenza njenge-ejenti ehlukile yalezi zikena.Kuye kwafakazelwa ngokwezokwelapha ukuthi i-barium ion kusawoti iphazamisa umzimba we-calcium ne-potassium metabolism, okubangela izinkinga ezinjengobuthakathaka bemisipha, ukuphefumula kanzima, izimo zenhliziyo ezingajwayelekile ngisho nokukhubazeka.Yingakho abantu abaningi becabanga ukuthi i-barium iyisici esidume kabi, futhi abantu abaningi abasebenzisa i-barium carbonate bahlala kuyo kuphela njengoshevu onamandla wamagundane.
Nokho,i-barium carbonateinomphumela wokuncibilika okuphansi okungenakubukelwa phansi.I-Barium carbonate iwumthombo ongancibiliki futhi ingagwinywa ngokuphelele esiswini nasemathunjini.Idlala indima ebalulekile ezifundweni zamathumbu njenge-ejenti ehlukile.Angazi noma ufunde isihloko esisodwa.Lesi sihloko sixoxa indaba yokuthi itshe le-barium lathakazelisa kanjani abathakathi nama-alchemists ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-17.Usosayensi u-Giulio Cesare Lagalla, owabona idwala, wahlala enokungabaza.Ngokumangazayo, umsuka walesi simo awuzange uchazwe ngokucacile kuze kube ngonyaka odlule (ngaphambi kwalokho, kwakuthiwe kubikwe kwenye ingxenye yamatshe).
Izinhlanganisela ze-barium zinenani eliyiqiniso kwezinye izindawo eziningi, njengama-ejenti okulinganisa ukwenza uketshezi lokumba olusetshenziswa ku-oyela ne-gas Wells luminyene kakhulu.Lokhu kuhambisana nesici sesici segama 56: barys lisho ukuthi "sinda" ngesiGreki.Kodwa-ke, futhi inohlangothi lobuciko: i-barium chloride ne-nitrite isetshenziselwa ukudweba iziqhumane eziluhlaza okotshani, futhi i-barium dihydroxide isetshenziselwa ukubuyisela umsebenzi wobuciko.