I-element ye-barium yaziwa ngokuba yityhefu, kodwa i-compound yayo ye-barium sulfate inokusebenza njenge-arhente yokwahlulahlula kwezi scan. Kuye kwangqinwa ngokwezonyango ukuba ii-ion ze-barium kwityuwa ziyaphazamisana ne-calcium kunye ne-potassium metabolism yomzimba, nto leyo ebangela iingxaki ezifana nobuthathaka bemisipha, ubunzima bokuphefumla, iingxaki zentliziyo ezingaqhelekanga kunye nokukhubazeka. Yingakho abantu abaninzi becinga ukuba i-barium yinto eyaziwayo, kwaye abantu abaninzi abasebenzisa i-barium carbonate bahlala kuyo njengetyhefu enamandla yeempuku.
Nangona kunjalo,i-barium carbonateinefuthe lokunyibilika okuphantsi okungenakuthathwa lula. I-Barium carbonate yindawo enganyibilikiyo kwaye inokuginywa ngokupheleleyo esiswini nasemathunjini. Idlala indima ebalulekileyo kwizifundo zesisu njengesixhobo sokwahlulahlula. Andazi ukuba ukhe wafunda inqaku elinye na. Eli nqaku libalisa ibali lendlela ilitye le-barium elatsala umdla ngayo amagqwirha kunye neengcali ze-alchemy ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-17. Isazinzulu uGiulio Cesare Lagalla, owabona ilitye, wahlala ethandabuza. Okumangalisayo kukuba, imvelaphi yale nto ayizange ichazwe ngokucacileyo de kwaba ngunyaka ophelileyo (ngaphambi koko, yayinxulunyaniswa ngokungafanelekanga nenye inxalenye yelitye).
Iikhompawundi zeBarium zinexabiso elibalulekileyo kwezinye iindawo ezininzi, ezifana neearhente zokulinganisa ukwenza ulwelo lokugrumba olusetyenziswa kwimithombo yeoyile negesi lube lukhuni ngakumbi. Oku kuhambelana nesici esibalulekileyo segama elithi 56: i-barys ithetha "ubunzima" ngesiGrike. Nangona kunjalo, ikwanobume bobugcisa: i-barium chloride kunye ne-nitrite zisetyenziselwa ukupeyinta iifireworks eziluhlaza okotshani, kwaye i-barium dihydroxide isetyenziselwa ukubuyisela umsebenzi wobugcisa.