strontia Chem.
(ˈstrɒnʃ(ɪ)ə)
[f. strontian n.: see -ia.]
One of the alkaline earths, the monoxide of strontium. Also attrib. in strontia water, the aqueous solution of hydrate of strontium.
| 1802 Chenevix in Phil. Trans. XCII. 341 No precipitate took place from a mixture of barytes-water and strontia-water. 1802 Sketch of Paris II. lxix. 387 Crystallized sulphate of strontia, in the mines of Villefort. 1812 Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 343 One combination of strontium with oxygene only is at present known; it is strontia, or strontites, the substance procured by burning strontium. 1884 Health Exhib. Catal. 19/2 Sugar, extracted from molasses by strontia. Samples of Strontia, in different stages. |