strontia
Americannoun
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Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
noun
Etymology
Origin of strontia
First recorded in 1795–1805; stronti(an) + -a 4
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Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. ÷ earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
It’s a form of rock crystal, strontia, I believe some people call it, and I don’t doubt but what it’s related to the limestone in the quarries.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
The carbonate of strontia swells up and produces a splendid white light, while the external flame is colored of a fine purple-red.
The determination of strontia in pure solutions is best made by adding sulphuric acid in excess and alcohol in volume equal to that of the solution.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
The pigment, however, now sold as strontian yellow is usually formed by admixture, and contains no strontia whatever.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
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