baryta

American  

[buh-rahy-tuh] / bəˈraɪ tə /

noun

Chemistry.

1. Also called barium monoxide, calcined baryta, barium protoxide, barium oxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.

2. Also called barium hydroxide, caustic baryta, barium hydrate. the hydroxide, hydrated form of this compound, Ba(OH) 2 ⋅8H 2 O, used chiefly in the industrial preparation of beet sugar and for refining animal and vegetable oils.

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baryta British  

/ bəˈraɪtə /

noun

1. another name for barium oxide barium hydroxide

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Other Word Forms

• barytic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of baryta

1800–10; < New Latin, equivalent to bary- (< Greek barýs heavy) + -ta (< Greek -( i ) tēs -ite ¹ )

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Example Sentences

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baryta

Cauk, kawk, n. chalk: sulphate of baryta or heavy spar.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The binoxide of barium is pulverized and subjected to the action of carbonic acid to remove any unconverted caustic baryta present.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

By several methods, manganate of baryta may be obtained either as an emerald-green, a bluish-green, or a pale green.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

One part of silica heated to whiteness with three parts of baryta, yields a pale green solid mass, permanent, but deficient in colour when ground.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

Or chromate of baryta, is exceedingly difficult to make well.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

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