Alkali synonyms

ăl'kə-lī'

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base
A fundamental ingredient; a chief constituent:
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salt
Salt is sodium chloride, a white crystal found in sea water which is used for preserving and seasoning food.
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caustic-soda
Common name for sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.
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sulphuric (related)
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antacid
An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
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anhydride (related)
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ethanoyl (related)
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hydrochloric (related)
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phosphoric-acid (related)
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amphoteric (related)
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maleic (related)
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chloride (related)
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hydroxide (related)
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nitrobenzene (related)
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dichloromethane (related)
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ammonium (related)
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aldehyde (related)
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Find another word for alkali. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for alkali, like: base, salt, caustic-soda, sulphuric, antacid, anhydride, ethanoyl, hydrochloric, phosphoric-acid, amphoteric and maleic.
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Alkali Sentence Examples

  • This treatment with acid and alkali is usually effected by agitation with compressed air.

  • If an alkali is added, however, a highly dissociated salt of para-nitrophenol is formed, and the yellow colour is at once evident.

  • This salt may be used for the separation of cobalt and nickel, since the latter metal does not form a similar double nitrite, but it is necessary that the alkaline earth metals should be absent, for in their presence nickel forms complex nitrites containing the alkaline earth metal and the alkali metal.

  • Soap when dissolved in a large amount of water suffers hydrolysis, with formation of a precipitate of acid salt and a solution containing free alkali.

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