Chomera cha barium chimadziwika kuti ndi chakupha, koma barium sulfate yake imatha kugwira ntchito ngati chotsutsana ndi ma scan awa. Zatsimikiziridwa ndi madokotala kuti ma ayoni a barium omwe ali mumchere amasokoneza kagayidwe ka calcium ndi potaziyamu m'thupi, zomwe zimayambitsa mavuto monga kufooka kwa minofu, kupuma movutikira, matenda amtima osakhazikika komanso ngakhale kufooka kwa ziwalo. Ichi ndichifukwa chake anthu ambiri amaganiza kuti barium ndi chinthu chodziwika bwino, ndipo anthu ambiri omwe amamwa barium carbonate amangogwiritsa ntchito ngati poizoni wamphamvu wa makoswe.
Komabe,barium carbonateIli ndi mphamvu yochepetsera kusungunuka komwe sikungathe kunyalanyazidwa. Barium carbonate ndi chinthu chosasungunuka ndipo chimatha kumezedwa kwathunthu m'mimba ndi m'matumbo. Chimagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pamaphunziro am'mimba monga chothandizira kusiyanitsa. Sindikudziwa ngati mwawerengapo nkhani imodzi. Nkhaniyi ikufotokoza momwe mwala wa barium unakopetsera afiti ndi akatswiri a alchemy kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1600. Wasayansi Giulio Cesare Lagalla, yemwe adawona mwalawu, adakayikirabe. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, chiyambi cha chochitikachi sichinafotokozedwe bwino mpaka chaka chatha (chisanachitike, chinanenedwa molakwika kuti chimachokera ku gawo lina la mwala).
Mafakitale a Barium ali ndi phindu lenileni m'mbali zina zambiri, monga zinthu zoyezera kulemera kuti madzi obowola omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu Zitsime za mafuta ndi gasi akhale okhuthala kwambiri. Izi zikugwirizana ndi chinthu chodziwika bwino cha dzina la 56: barys amatanthauza "zolemera" mu Chigiriki. Komabe, lilinso ndi mbali yaukadaulo: barium chloride ndi nitrite zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kupaka zofukizira moto zobiriwira bwino, ndipo barium dihydroxide imagwiritsidwa ntchito kubwezeretsa zojambula.