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Definition of alkali
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Alkali
(n.) Soda ash;
caustic
soda,
caustic
potash,
etc..
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Lye
::
Lye (n.) A
strong
caustic
alkaline
solution
of
potassium
salts,
obtained
by
leaching
wood
ashes.
It is much used in
making
soap, etc..
Pearlash
::
Pearlash
(n.) A white
amorphous
or
granular
substance
which
consists
principally
of
potassium
carbonate,
and has a
strong
alkaline
reaction.
It is
obtained
by
lixiviating
wood
ashes,
and
evaporating
the lye, and has been an
important
source
of
potassium
compounds.
It is used in
making
soap,
glass,
etc..
Alkaline
::
Alkaline
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to an
alkali
or to
alkalies;
having
the
properties
of an
alkali.
Vitrifiable
::
Vitrifiable
(a.)
Capable
of being
vitrified,
or
converted
into glass by heat and
fusion;
as, flint and
alkalies
are
vitrifiable..
Alkalize
::
Alkalize
(v. t.) To
render
alkaline;
to
communicate
the
properties
of an
alkali
to.
Soap
::
Soap (n.) A
substance
which
dissolves
in
water,
thus
forming
a
lather,
and is used as a
cleansing
agent.
Soap is
produced
by
combining
fats or oils with
alkalies
or
alkaline
earths,
usually
by
boiling,
and
consists
of salts of
sodium,
potassium,
etc., with the fatty acids
(oleic,
stearic,
palmitic,
etc.).
See the Note
below,
and cf.
Saponification.
By
extension,
any
compound
of
similar
composition
or
properties,
whether
used as a
cleaning
agent or not..
Litmus
::
Litmus
(n.) A
dyestuff
extracted
from
certain
lichens
(Roccella
tinctoria,
Lecanora
tartarea,
etc.),
as a blue
amorphous
mass which
consists
of a
compound
of the
alkaline
carbonates
with
certain
coloring
matters
related
to orcin and
orcein..
Alcalimeter
::
Alcalimeter
(n.) See
Alkalimeter.
Uranin
::
Uranin
(n.) An
alkaline
salt of
fluorescein,
obtained
as a
brownish
red
substance,
which is used as a dye; -- so
called
from the
peculiar
yellowish
green
fluorescence
(resembling
that of
uranium
glass)
of its
solutions.
See
Fluorescein..
Fluorescein
::
Fluorescein
(n.) A
yellowish
red,
crystalline
substance,
C20H12O5,
produced
by
heating
together
phthalic
anhydride
and
resorcin;
-- so
called,
from the very
brilliant
yellowish
green
fluorescence
of its
alkaline
solutions.
It has acid
properties,
and its salts of the
alkalies
are known to the trade under the name of
uranin..
Ammonium
::
Ammonium
(n.) A
compound
radical,
NH4,
having
the
chemical
relations
of a
strongly
basic
element
like the
alkali
metals..
Bile
::
Bile (n.) A
yellow,
or
greenish,
viscid
fluid,
usually
alkaline
in
reaction,
secreted
by the
liver.
It
passes
into the
intestines,
where it aids in the
digestive
process.
Its
characteristic
constituents
are the bile
salts,
and
coloring
matters..
Nitrification
::
Nitrification
(n.) A
process
of
oxidation,
in which
nitrogenous
vegetable
and
animal
matter
in the
presence
of air,
moisture,
and some basic
substances,
as lime or
alkali
carbonate,
is
converted
into
nitrates..
Ebullition
::
Ebullition
(n.)
Effervescence
occasioned
by
fermentation
or by any other
process
which
causes
the
liberation
of a gas or an
aeriform
fluid,
as in the
mixture
of an acid with a
carbonated
alkali..
Correct
::
Correct
(v. t.) To
counteract
the
qualities
of one thing by those of
another;
-- said of
whatever
is wrong or
injurious;
as, to
correct
the
acidity
of the
stomach
by
alkaline
preparations..
Caesium
::
Caesium
(n.) A rare
alkaline
metal found in
mineral
water;
-- so
called
from the two
characteristic
blue lines in its
spectrum.
It was the first
element
discovered
by
spectrum
analysis,
and is the most
strongly
basic and
electro-positive
substance
known.
Symbol
Cs.
Atomic
weight
132.6..
Barium
::
Barium
(n.) One of the
elements,
belonging
to the
alkaline
earth
group;
a metal
having
a
silver-white
color,
and
melting
at a very high
temperature.
It is
difficult
to
obtain
the pure
metal,
from the
facility
with which it
becomes
oxidized
in the air.
Atomic
weight,
137.
Symbol,
Ba. Its oxide
called
baryta..
Flux
::
Flux (n.) Any
substance
or
mixture
used to
promote
the
fusion
of
metals
or
minerals,
as
alkalies,
borax,
lime,
fluorite..
Antacid
::
Antacid
(n.) A
remedy
for
acidity
of the
stomach,
as an
alkali
or
absorbent..
Corrode
::
Corrode
(v. t.) To eat away by
degrees;
to wear away or
diminish
by
gradually
separating
or
destroying
small
particles
of, as by
action
of a
strong
acid or a
caustic
alkali..
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