alkali

It starts by trapping atoms—often alkali metals—in a magnetic cage, then shooting a laser at them.

For example, the far-left column contains sodium and the other so-called alkali metals.

However incidental case reports show that milk-alkali syndrome still pops up from time-to-time, and often it stems from taking far too much calcium carbonate, or Tums.

Hydrolysis of polyester is a chemical reaction that occurs when polyesters decompose, it can occur with alkalis and acids, hence the need for stomach acids from a cow’s rumen to potentially dissolve plastics.

Both alkaline and alkali come from the Arabic word “al-qili.”

What appears to be ground glass is only the little crystals or small particles of alkali that have not been dissolved.

He was one of the men to whom alkali is a constant poison, and his lips were always cracked and bleeding.

He had come away in the sour mood of a thirsty man who finds an alkali spring sparkling deceptively under a rock.

Talpers flushed angrily, and then grinned, until his alkali-cracked lips glistened in the lamplight.

Now, cations other than the alkali ions are liable to interfere with tests designed for alkaline or neutral solutions.