"Strontian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... should be a chromate of strontia, a compound very slightly soluble in water, and not more stable than the zinc chromate. The pigment, however, now sold as strontian yellow is usually formed by admixture, and contains no strontia whatever. Its absence cannot be considered a disadvantage, for the substitute possesses a durability to which the original could lay no claim. Other things being equal, ...
— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field |
