alkali
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And he has seen them descend on Mono Lake when the water is teeming with brine shrimp and the larvae and pupae of alkali flies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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
The magenta pigments developed by OSU researchers are thermally and chemically inert because of their high preparation temperature and remain unaltered structurally and optically upon exposure to acid and alkali, the authors note.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
A man suspected of an alkali attack in south London should not have been granted asylum, according to Home Office guidelines.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
He drifted past saguaros and alkali flats, camped beneath escarpments of naked Precambrian stone.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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 granules, which disappear on the addition of acids and alkalies, are apparently either added to the cell or result from a precipitation within the same.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
They make it clear that there has been an introduction of fluorine and boron and a diminution in the alkalies during the transformation of the granitic rock into the greisen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
Glu′coside, any of those vegetable products which, on treatment with acids or alkalies, yield a sugar or some closely allied carbohydrate; Glucosūr′ia, the presence of glucose in the urine.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Fourth—The oil must be free from acid, alkalies, animal or vegetable fillers, or other injurious agencies.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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
It is the only method in practical operation which does not require the use of acids, alkalis or other chemicals, every trace of which should be removed from the finished product by expensive purifying processes.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.
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