baryta
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Also called barium monoxide. Also called calcined baryta. Also called barium protoxide. Also called 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.
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Also called barium hydroxide. Also called caustic baryta. Also called 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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Origin of baryta
1800–10; < New Latin, equivalent to bary- (< Greek barýs heavy) + -ta (< Greek -( i ) tēs -ite 1 )
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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 Salter, Thomas
Is a mixture of chloride and oxide of lead, formed by precipitating a solution of chloride of lead with soda, potash, lime, or baryta, in the caustic or hydrated state.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
Sir H. Davy tried to electrolyse baryta, but was unsuccessful; later attempts were made by him using barium chloride in the presence of mercury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Among the infinitude of white substances, the artist finds that there are but three white pigments—those of lead, zinc, and baryta.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
The oxide was called barote, by Guyton de Morveau, which name was changed by Lavoisier to baryta, whence the name of the metal.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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