baryta
Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
Also called caustic baryta, barium hydroxide, barium hydrate. the hydroxide, hydrated form of this compound, Ba(OH)2⋅8H2O, used chiefly in the industrial preparation of beet sugar and for refining animal and vegetable oils.
Origin of baryta
1Other words from baryta
- ba·ryt·ic [buh-rit-ik], /bəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjective
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How to use baryta in a sentence
Or chromate of baryta, is exceedingly difficult to make well.
Field's Chromatography | George FieldThe result will be an insoluble portion consisting of carbonates of lead and baryta, and of metallic silver.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythThe sulphate of baryta found, multiplied by ·3434, equals the sulphuric anhydride.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythBarii ferrocyanidum, L. From pure ferrocyanide of iron digested in baryta water.
Add excess of pure solid baryta and allow to stand until the reaction is again alkaline.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry Eyre
British Dictionary definitions for baryta
/ (bəˈraɪtə) /
another name for barium oxide, barium hydroxide
Origin of baryta
1Derived forms of baryta
- barytic (bəˈrɪtɪk), adjective
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