barium oxide

noun

, Chemistry.

barium oxide

a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO Also calledbaryta

Barium oxide is not often used and soda cannot be used in raw glazes because there is no convenient substance which contains it.

By digesting caustic baryta, or barium oxide, with a little water, or igniting gently the crystallised hydrate.

Barium oxide is manufactured in quantity for the preparation of barium dioxide (BaO2), from which oxygen was at one time obtained.

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