Chinhu chinonzi barium chinozivikanwa kuti chine chepfu, asi barium sulfate yacho inogona kushanda semushonga wekuenzanisa ma scan aya. Zvakaratidzwa nenyanzvi dzezvehutano kuti maion ebarium ari mumunyu anokanganisa calcium ne potassium metabolism yemuviri, zvichikonzera matambudziko akadai sekushaya simba kwetsandanyama, kunetseka kufema, mamiriro emwoyo asina kurongeka uye kunyange kuoma mitezo. Ndokusaka vanhu vazhinji vachifunga kuti barium chinhu chinozivikanwa, uye vanhu vazhinji vanonwa barium carbonate vanoramba vari pairi semushonga une simba wemakonzo.
Zvisinei,barium carbonateine simba rekunyunguduka kushoma uko kusingakosheswi. Barium carbonate inzvimbo isinganyungudike uye inogona kumedzwa zvachose mudumbu nemumatumbu. Inoita basa rakakosha muzvidzidzo zvemudumbu semushonga wekuenzanisa. Handizive kana wakamboverenga chinyorwa chimwe chete. Chinyorwa ichi chinotaura nyaya yekuti dombo rebarium rakafadza sei varoyi nenyanzvi dzezvemakemikari mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi17. Musayendisiti Giulio Cesare Lagalla, akaona dombo iri, akaramba asina chokwadi. Zvinoshamisa kuti mavambo echiitiko ichi haana kutsanangurwa zvakajeka kusvika gore rapfuura (risati rasvika, rakanzi rakakonzerwa nechimwe chikamu chedombo).
Makemikoro eBarium ane kukosha kwechokwadi mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzakawanda, dzakadai sezvinhu zvinoyera kuti mvura inocherwa inoshandiswa mumafuta negasi ive yakakora. Izvi zvinoenderana nechinhu chinozivikanwa nezita rekuti: barys zvinoreva "zvinorema" muchiGiriki. Zvisinei, inewo divi reunyanzvi: barium chloride ne nitrite zvinoshandiswa kupenda mafireworks egirini yakajeka, uye barium dihydroxide inoshandiswa kudzorera hunyanzvi.