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strontia
[ stron-shee-uh, -shuh ]
noun
- Also called stronītium oxīide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
strontia
/ Ė²õ³Ł°łÉ²Ō³ŁÉŖÉ /
noun
- another name for strontium monoxide
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of strontia1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of strontia1
Example Sentences
Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. Ć· earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.
Itās a form of rock crystal, strontia, I believe some people call it, and I donāt doubt but what itās related to the limestone in the quarries.
Strontium obtained from carbonate of strontia by Sir Humphry Davy.
Stronā²tia, the oxide of strontiumāalso Stronā²tian; Stronā²tianite, carbonate of strontia.
This table tells us that the affinity of baryta for sulphuric acid is greater than that of strontia for the same acid, that of strontia greater than that of potash, and so on.
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