baric

[ bar-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Chemistry.

baric

[ bar-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

baric

/ ˈbɛərɪk; ˈbærɪk /

baric

/ ˈbærɪk /

of or concerned with weight, esp that of the atmosphere as indicated by barometric pressure

Origin of baric¹

First recorded in 1860–65; bar(ium) + -ic

Origin of baric²

First recorded in 1880–85; bar(o)- + -ic

Back stateside, the Kenyan woman is “is as happy as can be to be free,” Baric says.

It should be prepared when wanted by precipitating a solution of baric chloride with ammonic carbonate and washing.

There is then added a few drops of a dilute solution of baric chloride, and the solution is allowed to stand for some hours.

It is separated by fusing the ore with potassic nitrate, extracting with water and precipitating with baric chloride.

In such solutions sulphuric acid produces a white precipitate of baric sulphate, which is practically insoluble in all acids.

The solution contains the barium as baric chloride mixed, perhaps, with salts of strontium or lime.

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