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Definition of Baryta
1. Noun. Any of several compounds of barium.
Specialized synonyms: Barium Hydroxide, Barium Monoxide, Barium Oxide, Barium Protoxide, Barium Dioxide, Barium Peroxide
Derivative terms: Barytic
Definition of Baryta
1. n. An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.
Definition of Baryta
1. Noun. Non-technical name for several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baryta
1. a compound of barium [n -S] : BARYTIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Baryta
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Baryta
Literary usage of Baryta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"Barytes, or baryta, so called from the great den. eity of its compounds, ...
It may be prepared by decomposing nitrate of baryta at a red heat ; or by ..."
2. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"baryta is generally in the form of a porous aus. or gray powder, ... Its special
gravity is about 4, hence the name baryta, as being the heaviest of tbt ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1856)
"On Chemical Affinity, and the Solubility of the Sulphate of baryta in Acid Liquors
... The author observes that sulphate of baryta is not an insoluble salt, ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1850)
"Peroxide of manganese, intensely ignited with an equal weight of baryta, ...
A mixture of peroxide of manganese and carbonate of baryta, exposed to the ..."
5. A System of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1871)
"baryta is weighed as SULPHATE OP baryta, CARBONATE or baryta, and SILICO-FLUORIDE
OF BARIUM. a. Artificially prepared sulphate of baryta presents the ..."
6. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"Not a trace, therefore, of sulphate of baryta had been decomposed, and no alkaline
sulphate formed. From this experiment, it appears probable that ..."
7. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1876)
"Caustic baryta is soluble in water, as are many of the salts of this alkaline earth.
The salts of baryta which are insoluble in water are, with almost the ..."
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