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Create your own element for the periodic table. Your element is your seat number.
Use a sheet of copy paper or construction paper. THIS WILL NOT GO IN YOUR INB.
Research your element and write at least 3 characteristics on its appearance, properties, and uses
in the real world.
Please include and explain how you would find:
atomic mass
# of protons
# of electrons
# of neutrons
family name
category ( metal, nonmetal, metalloid),
reactivity
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Barium
Ba
Properties: Melting Point 725 degrees C; Boiling Point 1640 degrees C
Uses: Barium is used as a "flashed getter" in vacuum tubes to remove the last traces of gases.
Barium is an important element in yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) superconductors. An
alloy of barium with nickel is used in sparkplug wire.