alkali

Example Sentences

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Late Thursday, authorities ordered the roughly 70 homes amid the sage, poplars and Russian olive trees that line the shallow, alkali lake to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times

Don’t use cleaners containing acid, alkali or sodium hypochlorite that will mar, etch, corrode or permanently discolor the laminate surface.

From Seattle Times

“Many great droves had arrived here before us. Some of the frenzied animals had rushed headlong into the glittering pools of alkali, and quaffed the crystal death, falling where they stood,” he added.

From Washington Times

The Sharia judges, known as alkalis, are learned in both Islamic and secular laws.

From BBC

One is that no photoredox catalyst provides a reductant comparable in strength to that of alkali metals such as lithium and sodium.

From Nature