(n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.
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Barytic
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(a.) Of or pertaining to baryta.
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(1) Four men who mined barytes in Scotland and who developed pneumoconiosis are described.
(2) This conclusion was based on the finding that at pH values close to 7, where the adsorption from serum occurs, all samples with the exception of natural barytes were uncharged.
(3) Five of the affected men examined at intervals since their exposure to barytes ceased in 1964 showed marked clearing of their radiological abnormalities.
(4) Nine cases of baritosis occurring in a small factory in which barytes was crushed, graded, and milled are described.
(5) Optical and electron probe analysis showed that the crystalline material was crushed barytes containing small quantities of muscovite as is typical in natural deposits.
(6) It is based on barytic hydrolysis of material at 125 degrees C for 16 h, acidification of hydrolysate to pH 3 with HCl, high-performance liquid chromatography on Nova Pak C18 (Waters Assoc.
(7) The quartz was inhaled from rocks associated with the barytes in the mines.