baryta

[ buh-rahy-tuh ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. Also called cal·cined ba·ry·ta [kal, -sahynd b, uh, -, rahy, -t, uh],. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
2. Also called caus·tic ba·ry·ta [kaw, -stik b, uh, -, rahy, -t, uh],. the hydroxide, hydrated form of this compound, Ba(OH) 2 ⋅8H 2 O, used chiefly in the industrial preparation of beet sugar and for refining animal and vegetable oils.

baryta

/ bəˈraɪtə; bəˈrɪtɪk /

noun

1. another name for barium oxide barium hydroxide

Derived Forms

• barytic, adjective

Other Words From

• ba·ryt·ic [b, uh, -, rit, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of baryta¹

1800–10; < New Latin, equivalent to bary- (< Greek barýs heavy) + -ta (< Greek -( i ) tēs -ite ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of baryta¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek barutēs weight, from barus heavy

Example Sentences

Failing in this, he found what till then was unknown, that sulphuret of baryta would "absorb the sun's rays by day, to emit them by night."

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Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. ÷ earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.

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In the eastern part of Kentucky there are well-defined deposits of lead-bearing baryta, though, up to date, their development has not proved successful.

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Binoxide of Barium, BaO2, is made by subjecting the oxide or caustic baryta, BaO, to a stream of oxygen or common air at a high temperature.

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The decomposition of potash, soda, baryta, lime and strontia could not have been effected had he not had at his command the resources of a well-furnished laboratory.

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