yttria
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yttria
1790–1800; < New Latin, named after Ytterby. See ytterbia
Example Sentences
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This reaction distinguishes the members of the yttria group from most of the other earths.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
In 1797 Ekeberg showed that gadolinite contained another rare earth, which was given the name yttria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Yttrium, a rare metal always found in combination with others, and is a blackish-gray powder; the oxide of it, yttria, is a soft whitish powder, and when ignited glows with a pure white light.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
The composition of the gaseous residue present does not affect phosphorescence; thus, the earth yttria phosphoresces well in the residual vacua of atmospherical air, of oxygen, nitrogen, carbonic anhydride, hydrogen, iodine, sulphur and mercury.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various
By such a study in the ultra-violet region of a fraction prepared from crude yttria he detected a new element victorium, and subsequently by elaborate fractionation obtained the element itself.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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