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ba•ry•ta

Pronunciation: (bu-rī'tu), [key]
—n. Chem.
1. Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. 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 caustic baryta, barium hydroxide, barium hydrate. the hydroxide, hydrated form of this compound, Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O, used chiefly in the industrial preparation of beet sugar and for refining animal and vegetable oils. Pronunciation: (bu-rit'ik), [key]
—adj.

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