Definitions for yttria

yttria yt·tri·a

Spelling: [ih-tree-uh]
IPA: /ˈɪ tri ə/

Yttria is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in yttria (airtty).

Definitions for yttria

noun

  1. a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.

Origin of yttria

1790-1800; New Latin, named after Ytterby. See ytterbia

Examples for yttria

yttria may be obtained from gadolinite by a similar process to that by which glucina is extracted from the beryl.

These crude earths, yttria and ceria, have supplied most if not all of the “rare earth” metals.

This reaction distinguishes the members of the yttria group from most of the other earths.

yttria is an exceedingly complex mixture, which has been decomposed, yielding as an intermediate product terbia.

(c.) yttria (YO) occurs only in a few rare minerals, and usually in company with terbium and erbium.

Word Value for yttria
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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