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Word: Alkali
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a saline substance derived from the ashes of various plants, including glasswort): from medieval Latin, from Arabic al-qalī ‘calcined ashes (of the glasswort etc.)’, from qalā ‘fry, roast’
ˈalkəlʌɪ
a compound with particular chemical properties including turning litmus blue and neutralizing or effervescing with acids; typically, a caustic or corrosive substance of this kind such as lime or soda
Short Definition:compound with particular chemical properties including turning litmus blue
Examples:- flint is not subject to chemical weathering except by strong alkalis
- the reaction is followed by measuring the concentration of alkali at various times
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