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Definition of alkali
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Alkali
(n.) One of a class of
caustic
bases,
such as soda,
potash,
ammonia,
and
lithia,
whose
distinguishing
peculiarities
are
solubility
in
alcohol
and
water,
uniting
with oils and fats to form soap,
neutralizing
and
forming
salts with
acids,
turning
to brown
several
vegetable
yellows,
and
changing
reddened
litmus
to
blue..
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Helianthin
::
Helianthin
(n.) An
artificial,
orange
dyestuff,
analogous
to
tropaolin,
and like it used as an
indicator
in
alkalimetry;
--
called
also
methyl
orange..
Alkalifying
::
Alkalifying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Alkalif.
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..
Potash
::
Potash
(n.) The
hydroxide
of
potassium
hydrate,
a hard white
brittle
substance,
KOH,
having
strong
caustic
and
alkaline
properties;
-- hence
called
also
caustic
potash..
Antalkali
::
Antalkali
(n.) Alt. of
Antalkalin.
Deliquesce
::
Deliquesce
(v. i.) To
dissolve
gradually
and
become
liquid
by
attracting
and
absorbing
moisture
from the air, as
certain
salts,
acids,
and
alkalies..
Alkalies
::
Alkalies
(pl. ) of
Alkal.
Lithium
::
Lithium
(n.) A
metallic
element
of the
alkaline
group,
occurring
in
several
minerals,
as
petalite,
spodumene,
lepidolite,
triphylite,
etc., and
otherwise
widely
disseminated,
though
in small
quantities..
Lixivial
::
Lixivial
(a.)
Having
the
qualities
of
alkaline
salts
extracted
from wood
ashes.
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..
Saponul
::
Saponul
(n.) A soapy
mixture
obtained
by
treating
an
essential
oil with an
alkali;
hence,
any
similar
compound
of an
essential
oil..
Alkali
::
Alkali
(n.) Soda ash;
caustic
soda,
caustic
potash,
etc..
Corrective
::
Corrective
(n.) That which has the power of
correcting,
altering,
or
counteracting
what is wrong or
injurious;
as,
alkalies
are
correctives
of
acids;
penalties
are
correctives
of
immoral
conduct..
Antacid
::
Antacid
(n.) A
remedy
for
acidity
of the
stomach,
as an
alkali
or
absorbent..
Albuminate
::
Albuminate
(n.) A
substance
produced
by the
action
of an
alkali
upon
albumin,
and
resembling
casein
in its
properties;
also, a
compound
formed
by the union of
albumin
with
another
substance..
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..
Alkalifiable
::
Alkalifiable
(a.)
Capable
of being
alkalified,
or
converted
into an
alkali..
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..
Sodium
::
Sodium
(n.) A
common
metallic
element
of the
alkali
group,
in
nature
always
occuring
combined,
as in
common
salt, in
albite,
etc. It is
isolated
as a soft, waxy,
white,
unstable
metal,
so
readily
oxidized
that it
combines
violently
with
water,
and to be
preserved
must be kept under
petroleum
or some
similar
liquid.
Sodium
is used
combined
in many
salts,
in the free state as a
reducer,
and as a means of
obtaining
other
metals
(as
magnesium
and
aluminium)
is an
important
commercial
product.
Symbol
Brazilin
::
Brazilin
(n.) A
substance
contained
in both
Brazil
wood and Sapan wood, from which it is
extracted
as a
yellow
crystalline
substance
which is white when pure. It is
colored
intensely
red by
alkalies..
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