alkali

• The blankets lay against light gray alkali, and were gaudily noticeable Doc slanted the plane down and adjusted the wing flaps so that the speed could be slow. —  101 - The Green Eagle
• Thus a calcarious earth that is pure or free of air has a much stronger attraction for acids than a pure volatile alkali, as is evident when we mix quick-lime with salt ammoniac; for the alkali is then immediately detached from the acid: and agreeably to this I found, upon trial, that a pure or caustic volatile alkali does not separate a calcarious earth from an acid. —  Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances
• It is imperative that the steam should not be checked but boiling continued as vigorously as possible until all the alkali has been absorbed and the gas driven off The use of air to replace steam in expelling the carbonic acid gas has been patented (Fr. Pat. 333,974, 1903 A better method of procedure, however, is to commence with a solution of 64° Tw. —  The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
• Whether the fatty matters and alkali are run into the pan simultaneously or separately is immaterial, provided the alkali is not added in sufficient excess to retard the union The commencement of the saponification is denoted by the formation of an emulsion. —  The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
• The soap is prepared by heating the sulphonated oil (obtained on treatment of castor oil with sulphuric acid) with alkali, and it is stated that the product is not precipitated when used in the dye-bath as is ordinary soap, nor is it deposited upon the fibres Another patent (Eng. —  The Handbook of Soap Manufacture

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