Question

what is baryta water??

Answer 1

Answer:

Baryta-water, as it is called, is a powerfully alkaline liquid, becoming covered with a film of white barium carbonate on exposure to the air. By blowing air from the lungs through a glass tube into baryta-water, a dense white precipitate is formed.

Answer 2

Answer:

Baryta water. An obsolete term for a fomulatoin of barium hydroxide in water, which was once used as an alkalinising reagent.