basic salt and an alkali is that an alkali is the soluble hydroxide compound of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. A basic salt is any salt that...
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chemistry, an alkali (/ˈælkəlaɪ/; from Arabic: القلوي, romanized: al-qaly, lit. 'ashes of the saltwort') is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an...
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The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with...
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aldehyde and an acid anhydride, in the presence of an alkali salt of the acid. The alkali salt acts as a base catalyst, and other bases can be used instead...
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An alkali sink is a salty basin land form. In these depressions, which are found only in the San Joaquin Valley, California, rainwater drains to the basin...
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Dry lake (redirect from Alkali Flat)
alkali flat. If covered with salt, it is known as a salt flat. If its basin is primarily salt, then a dry lake bed is called a salt pan, pan, or salt...
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Acid–base reaction (redirect from Acid-alkali reaction)
acid–alkali reaction is a special case of an acid–base reaction, where the base used is also an alkali. When an acid reacts with an alkali salt (a metal...
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Alkali, or Alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH (greater than 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity. Often they have a hard...
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Sodium hexametaphosphate (section Water softener salt)
trimetaphosphate and sodium orthophosphate. Sodium hexametaphosphate is the alkali salt of one of the series of polymetaphosphoric acids (acids formed by the...
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furnace with mercury and salammoniac; silver with common salt and alkali salt; copper with salt and sulfur; iron with sal ammoniac and vinegar; tin with...
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halides. The best known of these compounds is sodium chloride, table salt. Most alkali metal halides crystallize with the face-centered cubic lattices. In...
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a highly reactive metal powder generated by reduction of a metal salt with an alkali metal. These materials are named after Reuben D. Rieke, who first...
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Sodium chloride (redirect from Road salt)
Sodium chloride /ˌsoʊdiəm ˈklɔːraɪd/, commonly known as edible salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium...
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Chloralkali process (redirect from Chlor-alkali process)
The chloralkali process (also chlor-alkali and chlor alkali) is an industrial process for the electrolysis of sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. It is...
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The alkali–silica reaction (ASR), also commonly known as concrete cancer, is a deleterious internal swelling reaction that occurs over time in concrete...
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lake. The alkali salt crust on the surface of the lake is also often coloured red or pink by the halophilic microorganisms that live there. Salt marshes...
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used for small fast repair jobs and touch-ups. The "hot" process is an alkali salt solution using potassium nitrite or sodium nitrate and sodium hydroxide...
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fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah, United States Salt Flat, Texas, unincorporated community...
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Leblanc process (redirect from Alkali prize)
Sciences offered a prize of 2400 livres for a method to produce alkali from sea salt (sodium chloride). In 1791, Nicolas Leblanc, physician to Louis Philip...
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Soil salinity (redirect from Salt, as manure)
Water portal Alkali soil – Soil type with pH > 8.5 Arabidopsis thaliana responses to salinity Biosaline agriculture – Production of crops in salt-rich conditions...
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solvent like tetrahydrofuran. Halide ligands may also be displaced by the alkali salt of an X-type ligand, such as a salen-type ligand. This reaction is formally...
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reaction between an acid and a base or alkali. Historically, this reaction was represented as acid + base (alkali) → salt + water x H y A + y B ( OH ) x ⟶ B...
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Molten salt is salt which is solid at standard temperature and pressure but liquified due to elevated temperature. A salt that is liquid even at standard...
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Lithium chloride (category Alkali metal chlorides)
properties. The salt forms crystalline hydrates, unlike the other alkali metal chlorides. Mono-, tri-, and pentahydrates are known. The anhydrous salt can be regenerated...
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Sodium carbonate (redirect from Fossil alkali)
which is made using the Chlor-alkali process. Sodium carbonate is obtained as three hydrates and as the anhydrous salt: sodium carbonate decahydrate (natron)...
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Potassium nitrate (redirect from Salt peter)
chemical formula KNO 3. It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K+ and nitrate ions NO3−, and is therefore an alkali metal nitrate. It occurs in nature as...
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In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions...
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generator (also known as salt cell, salt generator, salt chlorinator, or SWG) uses electrolysis in the presence of dissolved salt to produce chlorine gas...
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Alkaline noodles (redirect from Alkali noodles)
noodles, alkali noodles, or alkaline pasta is a variation of noodles with a much higher quantity of alkali than usual. The addition of alkali changes both...
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than sodium salts. Both sodium and potassium are alkali metals. The relatively high concentration of salt (sodium chloride) in seawater lowers the solubility...
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