alkaline
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“When the Emperor Was Divine” takes place in Utah, in “a city of tar-paper barracks behind a barbed-wire fence on a dusty alkaline plain.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
The site's pH of 12 makes it one of the most alkaline environments ever documented, creating conditions that are exceptionally difficult for life to endure.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025
The liquid is believed to be a type of home-made chilli spray with no strong acid or alkaline ingredients, police added.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
This question is harder to answer, said Wallace, whose lab is one of the few in Southern California that tests for heavy metals in soil as well as nutrients and alkaline levels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
When the soil is too alkaline, which can be thought of as being too sweet, you need to add sulfur.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Chemistry - High School
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Chemistry - Middle School
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