Crossword clues for barytes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barytes \Ba*ry"tes\, n. [Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.
Wiktionary
n. (context mineral English) barite.
WordNet
n. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium [syn: heavy spar, barite, barium sulphate]
Usage examples of "barytes".
The second new polymer man got clewed in to Mining and Metallurgy on an emergency job when it was discovered that he had worked summers on a barytes washer in Missouri.
The loss of weight indicates the quantity of carbonate of barytes which the precipitate contained.
Precipitate the carbonic and sulphuric acids by the addition of muriate of barytes, taking care not to add any excess of the tests.
The presence of this acid is detected, if, on the addition of a solution of acetate of barytes, a white precipitate is formed, which is insoluble in nitric acid, after having been made red-hot in the fire.