BlankHowdy Jones, A neat homily on Barium, another of the " quirky" elements. It nearly bumps into Lithium on the road to being an oddity. The oil industry uses Barite as a drilling fluid since it has an ideal " downhole weight". Arkansas has Barite mines ( Magnet Cove).. hence the name MagCobar, later Bariod owned and now Halliburton owned.
I have oftem wondered why Barium has never been used in certain lubricating systems. Richard
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