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Vincenzo Casciarolo finds some unusual pebbles that would shine during the night if they were heated to redness during the day.
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Carl W. Scheele distinguishes barium oxide from lime
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Johan Gahn discovers that Barium is also composed of Barium sulfate
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Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau writes a translation of Carl Scheele's works, including his discoveries of oxygen, chlorine, barite, etc.
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Christoph Hufeland wrote a book about the clinical uses of Barium chloride, talking about its different uses for headaches, skin and scalp diseases, and so much more.
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Barium is isolated by Sir Humphrey Davy by electrolysis.
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Italians begin using Barium in fireworks to create the green color
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Carl Bachem and Hans Gunther develop Barium as an inert contrast agent for gastrointestinal agent
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The detection of barium after uranium had been bombarded by neutrons which led to the recognition of nuclear fission
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Barium getter wire was manufactured for radio tubes
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Barium was discovered amongst the minerals in polypropylene
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670 thousand tons of barite were mined in the U.S.
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Several Barium compunds were discovered
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Barium began being used in dyes such as 6.9 Blanc-fixe, it is also used for the base of lake colors, para red, and for paper coating
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Barium was introduced to cosmetics(facial products)