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  Periodic Table

  Ground State Electron Configuration of Barium

  2, 8, 18,  

  18,  8,  2  

 

Be
4
Mg
12
Ca
20
Sr
38
Ba
56
  Ra
88
Ubn
120
Usn
170
Bbn
220

Barium

Symbol Ba
Atomic Number 56
Relative Atomic Mass
12C = 12.0000
137.327  (7)   [Since 1985]
Atomic Radius  pm 217
First Ionisation Energy
kJ mol -1
502.8
Ionization energy (eV) 5,2117
Electronegativity 0.89
Density
kg m -3
3594 [293 K]
3325 [m.p.]
Molar Volume  cm 3 38.21
Thermal Conductivity
W m -1 K -1
18.4 [300 K]
Melting Point  K 1002
Boiling Point  K 1910
Number of Isotopes 37
Isotope Atomic mass/u Mole fraction 130Ba 129.906 311(7) 0.001 06(1)
132Ba 131.905 056(3) 0.001 01(1)
134Ba 133.904 504(3) 0.024 17(18)
135Ba 134.905 684(3) 0.065 92(12)
136Ba 135.904 571(3) 0.078 54(24)
137Ba 136.905 822(3) 0.112 32(24)
138Ba 137.905 242(3) 0.716 98(42)
Inner + outer Shells
  3   +   3    = 6
Inner + outer Orbitals
  28   +   28    = 56
Filling Orbital
  6s 2   
Ground State Electron
Configuration
[Xe]   4d 10       5p 6     6s 2    
Groun d State Electron
Configuration with
free Orbital  (n=30)

 

  0, 0, 0, 14, 10, 6  

 

Ground State Electron Configuration with free Orbitals of Barium
Ground State Electron
Config uration with
compressed Orbitals (n=96)

 

  0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 64  

 

Ground State Electron Configuration with compressed Orbitals of Barium
 
Singularity
182 28 + 28 + 30 + 96
 
 
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p
d
 f
g
h
i
j
1
2
             
2
2
6
           
3
2
6
10
         
4
2
6
10

14

       
5
2
6
10

14

18
     
6

2

6
10

14

18
22
   
7
               
8
               
  
Term Symbol 1S 0
Discovery It was discovered by the Swedish pharmacist and chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1774 and first isolated by the British chemist and physicist Humphry Davy (London, England) in 1808
 
Name Derived From The name is derived from the Greek barys for "heavy" because it was found in the mineral heavy spar (BaSO4).
 

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