Baryta Definition

bə-rītə
noun
Any of several barium compounds, such as barium sulfate.
American Heritage
Any of several compounds of barium, esp. barium oxide and barium hydroxide.
Webster's New World

Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide.

Wiktionary

Origin of Baryta

  • New Latin from Greek barutēs weight from barus heavy gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barutes, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barus, “heavy”).

    From Wiktionary

Baryta Sentence Examples

  • The barium and magnesium salts of this acid are formed when baryta and magnesia are fused with cobalt sesquioxide.

  • When warmed with baryta water it gives uvitic acid.

  • Hydrolysis with baryta water gives acetic and salicylic acids.

  • It is remarkable that even a small addition of zinc-white (oxide of zinc) to the reddish varieties especially causes a considerable diminution in the intensity of the colour, while dilution with artificial precipitated sulphate of lime ("annalin") or sulphate of baryta ("blanc fix") acts pretty much as one would expect.

  • Boiling with dilute mineral acids, or baryta water, decomposes albumins into carbon dioxide, ammonia and fatty aminoand other acids.

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