Essays Tagged: "Barium"

Nuclear Power

e nuclei of a Uranium atom splits apart, it splits into two atoms. Commonly the nucleus splits into Barium and Krypton; however, it can split into any two atoms as long as the number of protons equals ...

(5 pages) 101 0 3.6 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Essay required for admittance to a radiology tech program, containing observation experiences

I really want this job" situations when I was placed in a room to observe a young woman receiving a barium enema. The level of comfort was somewhat questionable, but it turned out that I had no proble ... ned out that I had no problem dealing with this situation. I was interested in the fact that when a barium dye was added to the fluid of her enema, the insides of her intestines could be viewed to sea ...

(4 pages) 91 0 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Barium chloride plus silver nitrate equals silver chloride and barium nitrate

n this experiment has reasons behind its application. One determines the masses of the crucible and barium chloride hydrate for obvious data collection and calculation purposed. The heating of the sam ... process to repeated to obtain a constant mass. When one obtains a constant mass the water from the barium chloride hydrate has been completely removed. The anhydrous salt is placed in distilled water ...

(2 pages) 54 1 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Chemical Properties of the element Barium

The element Barium has many modern uses and has an impact on the world today. It is used in many things that we ... en combined with other elements it becomes quite useful. Located in the alkaline earth metal group, Barium has an atomic number of 56 and has an atomic mass of 137.327. The mass is made up of 56 proto ... levels of electrons that total 56 and have the S, P, and D orbitals. The electron configuration of Barium is 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d10 5s2p6 6s2 and is a metallic element that is a soft powder and ...

(2 pages) 63 0 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Percent Yield of a Precipitate

(NO3)2 →BaSO4+ Cu(NO3)2We can measure the mass of copper (Ⅱ) sulfate and the mass of the barium nitrate. Thus, we can calculate the theoretical yield of barium sulfate. By this, it is possi ... e the theoretical yield of barium sulfate. By this, it is possible to find out the percent yield of barium sulfate; if we found the experimental yield.The percent yield of barium sulfate= experimental ...

(5 pages) 29 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Radium. This essay describes, gives a history of, and gives properties of the element radium.

oncluded that another radioactive element had to be present. This new substance was very similar to barium, but because its chloride was slightly stranger it could be concentrated by fractional crysta ...

(4 pages) 32 0 4.7 Jun/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Nuclear Energy.

re there is a 5 foot thick lead plate and above that there is a meter thick floor composed of iron, barium, serpentine, concrete, and stone. The exploding steam fires the floor up like shrapnel. The m ...

(12 pages) 120 1 3.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Qualitative analysis

)Sulfate (0.1mol/L) Ammonium sulfate (0.1mol/L)Copper(II) nitrate (0.1mol/L) Zinc sulfate (0.1mol/L)Barium chloride (0.1mol/L) 4 unknown solutionsSodium Carbonate (0.1mol/L)Procedure:1. 2 drop ...

(1 pages) 47 0 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Flame Photometry

nd simple way of detecting traces of metal ions, primarily Sodium, Potassium, Lithium, Calcium, and Barium, in a concentrated solution. The process is an extension of the principles used in a flame te ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Untitled

nerals Ballast : Broken limestone pieces to carry mine track within its side Baryte : A sulphate of Barium Bell conveyor : A moving belt that rides on rollers and used to carry coal or other materials ... ortant in rail laying 3) Broken rock pieces used in railways are called ballast Baryte : 1) Natural barium oxide (BaSO4) is called baryte 2) Baryte is also used in medical industry in X-ray diagnosis ...

(27 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Nuclear Fission

ack in Germany. The experiment consisted of bombarding uranium with neutrons and the end result was barium instead of the predicted radium. Meitner labeled this experiment an example of nuclear fissio ...

(4 pages) 2767 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics