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barium oxide
barium oxide
noun
- a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO Also calledbaryta
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Barium oxide is not often used and soda cannot be used in raw glazes because there is no convenient substance which contains it.
From Project Gutenberg
By digesting caustic baryta, or barium oxide, with a little water, or igniting gently the crystallised hydrate.
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Barium oxide is manufactured in quantity for the preparation of barium dioxide (BaO2), from which oxygen was at one time obtained.
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