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Definition of Alkalifying
1. alkalify [v] - See also: alkalify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkalifying
Literary usage of Alkalifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1815)
"Hence, equal volumes considered, oxygen is much more acidifying- than azote is
alkalifying; and that equal volumes of azote and hydrogen are ..."
2. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1815)
"Hence, equal volumes considered, oxygen is much more acidifying than azote is
alkalifying; and that equal volumes of azote and hydrogen are ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry by Andrew Ure (1828)
"M • Gay Lussac conceives the alkalinity which the metallic oxides enjoy, to be
the result of two opposite properties, the alkalifying property of the metal, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy: With Their Applications by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1831)
"When Lavoisier introduced oxygen as the acidifying principle, Morveau proposed
hydrogen as the alkalifying principle, from its being a constituent of ..."
5. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"At the time when Lavoisier declared oxygen to be the universal acidifying principle,
Morveau conjectured hydrogen to be the alkalifying principle ; bat it ..."
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