I-element ye-barium yaziwa ukuthi inobuthi, kodwa i-compound yayo ye-barium sulfate ingasebenza njenge-ejenti yokungafani kwalezi ziskeni. Kuye kwafakazelwa ngokwezokwelapha ukuthi ama-ion e-barium kusawoti aphazamisana nokusetshenziswa kwe-calcium ne-potassium emzimbeni, okubangela izinkinga ezifana nobuthakathaka bemisipha, ubunzima bokuphefumula, izimo zenhliziyo ezingajwayelekile kanye nokukhubazeka. Yingakho abantu abaningi becabanga ukuthi i-barium iyisici esidumile, futhi abantu abaningi abasebenzisa i-barium carbonate bahlala kuyo njengobuthi obunamandla bamagundane.
Nokho,i-barium carbonateinomphumela wokuncibilika okuphansi okungenakubhekwa njengokunganakwa. I-Barium carbonate iyindawo engancibiliki futhi ingagwinywa ngokuphelele esiswini nasemathunjini. Idlala indima ebalulekile ezifundweni zesisu njenge-ejenti yokuqhathanisa. Angazi ukuthi uke wafunda isihloko esisodwa. Lesi sihloko silandisa indaba yokuthi itshe le-barium lathakazelisa kanjani abathakathi kanye nososayensi be-alchemy ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-17. Usosayensi uGiulio Cesare Lagalla, owabona idwala, wahlala engabaza. Ngokumangazayo, imvelaphi yalesi simo ayizange ichazwe ngokucacile kwaze kwaba ngonyaka odlule (ngaphambi kwalokho, yayihlotshaniswa ngokungalungile nenye ingxenye yetshe).
Ama-compound e-Barium anenani elingokoqobo kwezinye izindawo eziningi, njengezinto zokulinganisa ukwenza uketshezi lokubhoboza olusetshenziswa emithonjeni kawoyela negesi lube lukhuni kakhulu. Lokhu kuhambisana nesici esiyingqayizivele segama lesi-56: i-barys isho ukuthi “inzima” ngesiGreki. Kodwa-ke, futhi inohlangothi lobuciko: i-barium chloride kanye ne-nitrite kusetshenziselwa ukupenda iziqhumane zomlilo eziluhlaza okotshani, kanti i-barium dihydroxide isetshenziselwa ukubuyisela umsebenzi wobuciko.