yttria

American  

[i-tree-uh] / ˈɪ tri ə /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.

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yttria British  

/ ˈɪtrɪə /

noun

1. another name for yttrium oxide

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Etymology

Origin of yttria

1790–1800; < New Latin, named after Ytterby. See ytterbia

Example Sentences

With yttria in a vacuum tube, the point of maximum phosphorescence, as I have already pointed out, lies on the margin of the dark space.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various

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

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

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 following substances are neither fused nor reduced in soda, viz. alumina, magnesia, lime, baryta, strontia, the oxide of uranium, the oxides of cerium, zirconia, tantalic acid, thorina, glucina, and yttria.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous