yttria

[ ih-tree-uh ]

/ ˈɪ tri ə /

a white, water-insoluble powder, Y2O3, used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.

Also called yttrium oxide.

Origin of yttria

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

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

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 |Various
Yttria is an exceedingly complex mixture, which has been decomposed, yielding as an intermediate product terbia.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 |Various
(c.) Yttria (YO) occurs only in a few rare minerals, and usually in company with terbium and erbium.

A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe |Anonymous
Yttria may be obtained from gadolinite by a similar process to that by which glucina is extracted from the beryl.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

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

A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. |Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

yttria

/ (ˈɪtrɪə) /

another name for yttrium oxide

C19: New Latin, named after Ytterby; see ytterbia