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Barium is part of a group of elements known as the alkaline earth metals. It is a silvery metal that easily turns black. It is soft and ductile. It can form alloys with some metals that are partially alloys and partially chemical compounds.
21 Feb, 2013 Who discovered 0. Barium is a soft, highly reactive, silvery metal that is never found in its free form in nature. Barium is a chemical element represented by the symbol Ba and the atomic number 56.he first to correctly identify barium as a new element was Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1774. He was the first to conclude that a new element was present in the mineral barite. He was unable to isolate the element, but did manage to isolate barium oxide. This was also isolated by Johan Gottlieb Gahn two years later.