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161 Barium - Inorganic Contaminant 2 mg/L MCL In 1974, Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act. This law requires EPA to det ...

162 Barium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in Group 2, a soft silvery metalli ...

163 Compounds Selected alkaline earth and zinc salts densities, gꞏcm−3 (^) O2− S2− F− Cl− SO2− 4 CO2− 3 O2− 2 H − Ca2+[9] 3.34 2 ...

164 Barium is not carcinogenic, and it does not bioaccumulate. However, inhaled dust containing insoluble barium compounds can a ...

165 Beryllium - Inorganic Contaminant 0.004 mg/L MCL In 1974, Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act. This law requires EPA ...

166 How will I know if Beryllium is in my Drinking Water? When routine monitoring indicates that beryllium levels are above the ...

167 The single primordial beryllium isotope^9 Be also undergoes a (n,2n) neutron reaction with neutron energies over about 1.9 M ...

168 This is one of the indicators of past activity at nuclear weapon test sites. The isotope^7 Be (half-life 53 days) is also co ...

169 Production The extraction of beryllium from its compounds is a difficult process due to its high affinity for oxygen at elev ...

170 Solutions of beryllium salts, e.g. beryllium sulfate and beryllium nitrate, are acidic because of hydrolysis of the [Be(H 2 ...

171 Acute beryllium disease in the form of chemical pneumonitis was first reported in Europe in 1933 and in the United States in ...

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173 Cadmium - Inorganic Contaminant 0.005 mg/L MCL In 1974, Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act. This law requires EPA t ...

174 How will cadmium be removed from my drinking water? The following treatment method(s) have proven to be effective for removi ...

175 Isotopes Naturally occurring cadmium is composed of 8 isotopes. Two of them are naturally radioactive, and three are expecte ...

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177 Chromium- Inorganic Contaminant 0.1 mg/L MCL The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to determine the level of contaminants ...

178 Chromium is an odorless and tasteless metallic element. Chromium is found naturally in rocks, plants, soil and volcanic dust ...

179 Measuring just one form may not capture all of the chromium that is present. In order to ensure that the greatest potential ...

180 Characteristics Physical Chromium is remarkable for its magnetic properties: it is the only elemental solid which shows anti ...