Alkalinity Definition

ălkə-lĭnĭ-tē
alkalinities
noun
alkalinities
The alkali concentration or alkaline quality of an alkali-containing substance.
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(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

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Singular:
alkalinity
Plural:
alkalinities

Alkalinity Sentence Examples

  • Thus the alkalinity serves as an index of the admixture of river water with sea-water.

  • To the touch it is rather soapy due to the high alkalinity.

  • Soil pH is used to determine alkalinity or acidity of soil. pH affects not only the availability of soil nutrients but influences what life forms live there.

  • Iron and quinine citrate is used as a bitter stomachic and tonic. In the blood citrates are oxidized into carbonates; they therefore act as remote alkalis, increasing the alkalinity of the blood and thereby the general rate of chemical change within the body.

  • He also traced a connexion between alkalinity, temperature and current-density, and showed that these conditions should be mutually adjusted.

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