strongly acid
Example Sentences
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Samples of this crude, strongly acid material were partly neutralised, and the following figures obtained on analysis:— Acidity.
From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser
Acetic acid is added to dissolve the precipitate, and when this is effected more of the acid is poured on so as to render the solution strongly acid.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
When a fly is captured, the viscid excretion becomes strongly acid and the naturally incurved margins of the leaf curve still further inwards, rendering contact between the insect and the leaf-surface more complete.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
The secretion is almost colourless, slightly mucilaginous, and, judging by the manner in which it coloured litmus paper, more strongly acid than that of Drosera.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
As the blood passes out from the heart through the arteries it is strongly charged with magnetism and is very strongly acid in quality.
From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor
