acidify

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Sulfides also acidify the water, which can accelerate weathering.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

Look to nursery shelves for products that will acidify the soil and blue your blooms.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

The first step uses electricity to temporarily acidify the water, which encourages the removal of CO2.

From Scientific American • Feb. 27, 2023

It is a process in which beneficial bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms break down and acidify food, transforming and preserving it.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2022

The filtrate may retain a little nickel; if so, add ammonia till alkaline, then acidify with acetic acid and again filter; any small precipitate obtained here should be added to that first obtained.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius