alkali
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They’re the pupae of alkali flies, a traditional food source of the Native Kootzaduka’a people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
The low-carbon seawater then has alkali added to it – to neutralise the acid that was added – and is then pumped back out into a stream that flows into the sea.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
The way to unlock the niacin in corn is to cook it with an alkali like lime.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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
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 Victor Wilfred Pag?
Lime, and the alkalies, are generally safe and useful additions, in connection with clover as a green manure; these may be applied to almost any worn soils with great advantage.
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?
Strong acids and alkalies act as caustics; that is they destroy fabrics.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
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 Henry A. Gardner
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