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Barium is a relatively rare element. It was isolated for the first time by Sir Humphry Davy. Its existence was suspected before by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, as a heavier compound in certain minerals. Scheele therefore called this heavier component according to the Greek word for 'heavy': barys, from which 'barium' is derived.

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