Mumbai : Ahead of Diwali, city-based non-governmental organisation Awaaz Foundation found that 14 of the 22 varieties of popular firecrackers analysed for their chemical component in a laboratory ...

Researchers are shedding light on the early chemical reactions in the organic sediments that would ultimately become the Marcellus Shale, a major source of natural gas and petroleum. Dartmouth College ...

Two gas planets have atmospheres peppered with barium — the heaviest element detected in any exoplanet atmosphere so far 1. WASP-76b and WASP-121b are both ‘hot Jupiters’, large gas planets that orbit ...

Barium is a metal in group IIA of the periodic table with atomic number 56, an atomic weight of 137.34, and a density of 3.5 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 714 C, and it boils at 1640 C. The electronic ...

Of 17 varieties of popular firecrackers that were analysed for chemical components by city-based NGO Awaaz Foundation, 12 were found to contain barium, a toxic metal whose use in firecrackers was ...