alkaline

Example Sentences

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But as aqueduct inflows washed over the playa, they dissolved alkaline minerals there, creating a vast corrosive brine pool that could ruin some of the dust control projects, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

If the vinegar solution doesn’t clear up the glass, Waterford suggests repeating the procedure using two tablespoons of ammonia, which is alkaline, instead of the vinegar.

From Washington Post

Your grass won’t be able to use the nutrients if the soil is too acidic or too alkaline.

From Washington Post

A silvery, alkaline earth metal called strontium comes in different versions, or isotopes, each with a different atomic mass.

From Scientific American

It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert.

From Los Angeles Times