Alkalify
to alkalize.
to become alkaline.
verb -fies, -fying, -fied
to make or become alkaline
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an instrument for determining the quantity of carbon dioxide. Historical Examples The commercial value of this substance is determined by the ordinary processes of alkalimetry. Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley The quantity of alkali, whether hydrate or carbonate, may be found by the common method of alkalimetry. Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold […]
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of or like an . containing an . having the properties of an . having a pH value greater than 7. Compare (def 5c). Contemporary Examples Things on the other side of the ledger, at a pH above 7, are alkaline (also called “basic” as in acid-base). Alkalinizing Someone to Improve His or Her Health […]
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- Alkaline earth
any of the oxides of barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, sometimes, magnesium. Historical Examples The acid and alkaline earth must be well diffused through the whole dough. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure Sulphuret, a combination of an alkaline earth or metal with sulphur as, Sulphuret of iron, a combination of iron […]
- Alkaline-earth metal
any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals. alkaline-earth metal n. Any of a group of metallic elements including calcium, strontium, magnesium, barium, beryllium, and radium. alkaline-earth metal Any of a group of […]