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Strontium   /strˈɑntiəm/   Listen
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Strontium  n.  (Chem.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.






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... gr. 1.84, containing 96 per cent. of real acid, H{2}SO{4}.)—This acid forms insoluble sulphates with salts of lead, strontium, and barium. It has a high boiling point, 290 C., and, when evaporated with salts of the more volatile acids, converts them into sulphates. When nitrates or chlorides are objectionable in a solution, evaporation with sulphuric acid removes ...
— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer



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