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Barium (as an element not an ion) has a proton number and electron number of 56. It has 6 shells the outermost shell has 2 electrons. It is in Group 2 on the Periodic Table which shows that it tends to lose its 2 valence electrons in order to become stable. It has 56 protons and 81 neutrons in its nucleus.

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