{{Element | name=Barium | symbol=Ba | anumber=56 | amass=137.3 amu | state=solid | class=Alkaline Earth | cstructure=Cubic | color=Silver | date=1808 | discname=[[Sir Humphrey Davy]] | origname=From the Greek ''barys'', meaning ''heavy''. | uses=Ingestion of barium is used in [[radiography]] to allow the alimentary canal to be viewed by [[x-ray]].| obtained=Barytine or Whiterite. }}
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