strontia

[ stron-shee-uh, -shuh ]

/ ˈstrɒn ʃi ə, -ʃə /

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noun Chemistry.

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.

strontium hydroxide.

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Origin of strontia

First recorded in 1795–1805; stronti(an) + -a⁴

Words nearby strontia

strong waters, strong-willed, strongyle, strongyloidiasis, strongylosis, strontia, strontian, strontianite, strontium, strontium 90, strontium hydroxide

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How to use strontia in a sentence

Sulphur, 16 parts; carbonate of strontia, 23 parts; chlorate of potassa, 61 parts.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Chlorate of potassa, 20 parts; sulphur, 24 parts; nitrate of strontia, 56 parts.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Strontia is used in sugar-refining, and for the preparation of coloured lights.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The residue will contain the strontia as carbonate, which is readily soluble in dilute hydrochloric or nitric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

Fifty parts of ammonic sulphate are required for each part of strontia or lime present.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for strontia

strontia

/ (ˈstrɒntɪə) /

noun

another name for strontium monoxide

Word Origin for strontia

C19: changed from strontian

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