alkali
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These bacteria produce acid but are weak at generating alkali.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026
She remembers the lake being much higher in her youth when she went to the shore with her family, carrying baskets to collect kootzabe, or alkali fly pupae, a traditional food source.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
Another Los Angeles Times report on a roundup of immigrants begins by noting, “Human misery was compounded here today by a blistering desert sun and swirls of alkali dust.”
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
As the manhunt for Abdul Shokoor Ezedi continues, what do we know about the suspect in the alkali attack in Clapham, south London?
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
Experiments of the German Gerhard Schramm, first published in 1944, reported that TMV particles in mild alkali fell apart into free RNA and a large number of similar, if not identical, protein molecules.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Pots, pans, vats, machines exposed to corrosives will be protected by a skin of aluminum, metal highly resistant to mos.t acids and alkalies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
As the process of ripening becomes perfected, the acids combine with alkalies, and thus the acidity of the fruit diminishes, while its sweetness increases.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
Graphite is not affected by heat, cold, acids, or alkalies, and has a strong attraction for metal surfaces.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
In addition, the scientists substituted ammonium and tetramethyl ammonium, the former of which is mildly acidic, for the alkalis.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024
Fermenting encompasses a range of processes through which microorganisms — yeasts, molds, bacteria — break down compounds in food to create alcohols, acids or alkalis, which in turn prevent the growth of harmful pathogens.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
Coal provided the power; the nascent chemical industry supplied the acids and alkalis essential to these enterprises.
From Nature ● Aug. 30, 2020
Alkalis were extracted from ashes, and soaps were prepared by combining these alkalis with fats.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The class of substances that seems particularly formed by nature to unite with acids, and thereby form neutral salts, are the alkalis.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
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