baryta

[ buh-rahy-tuh ]

/ bəˈraɪ tə /

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noun Chemistry.

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.

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Origin of baryta

1800–10; <New Latin, equivalent to bary- (<Greek barýs heavy) + -ta (<Greek -(i)tēs-ite¹)

OTHER WORDS FROM baryta

ba·ryt·ic

[buh-rit-ik], /bəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby baryta

baryon, baryonic, baryon number, Baryshnikov, barysphere, baryta, baryta water, barytes, barytocalcite, baryton, barytone

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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 Field
The result will be an insoluble portion consisting of carbonates of lead and baryta, and of metallic silver.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
The sulphate of baryta found, multiplied by ·3434, equals the sulphuric anhydride.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Barii ferrocyanidum, L. From pure ferrocyanide of iron digested in baryta water.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

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

baryta

/ (bəˈraɪtə) /

noun

another name for barium oxide, barium hydroxide

Derived forms of baryta

barytic (bəˈrɪtɪk), adjective

Word Origin for baryta

C19: New Latin, from Greek barutēs weight, from barus heavy

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