Definitions for yttrias

yttrias yt·tri·a

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

Yttrias is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in yttrias (airstty).

Definitions for yttrias

noun

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

Origin of yttrias

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

Examples for yttrias

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for yttrias
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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