Adding an alkali to the water will cause the pH value to rise.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

Around 1990 Wieman drew up guidelines for how BEC could be achieved in alkali atoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics - Information for the Public] Reference

On the extreme left there is a group of metals, called the alkali metals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Strontium belongs to a group of elements known as the alkali earth metals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strontium] Reference

This is nothing more than the so-called alkali which has since become known all over the farthest West.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference

Group IIA are called the alkali earth metals because they are reactive, but not as reactive as Group IA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Its atomic number is 55 and its symbol is Cs. It belongs to a group of elements called the alkali metals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cesium] Reference

It belongs to a group of elements known as the alkali metals, such as sodium, potassium, cesium and lithium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rubidium] Reference

Lithium, the lightest metal, is in a group of elements called alkali metals or Group I elements and is silvery-white in color.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lithium] Reference

The kind of alkali determines the character of the water; in some cases it is sodium carbonate, which is particularly objectionable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference

And yet an old 'alkali' is never happy anywhere else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona Nights] Reference

It is inhabited by an old "alkali" and half a dozen bear dogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mountains] Reference

Divide the c.c. of the "alkali" solution used by 2, and deduct from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference

He also coined scientific terms such as alkali that are still in use today.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

It was beautifully clear, cold, and sparkling, with a slightly sweetish taste, yet unlike the brackish "alkali" of the plains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation] Reference

A non-caustic alkali which is stronger than sodium bicarbonate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

It was said to be an antidote for alkali poisoning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference

This is the only alkali hole we have discovered here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

He could not run, as we were still in the alkali lick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

The water had alkali in it and tasted soapy in cooking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference

The water of this river is strongly impregnated with alkali.    From Wordnik.com.  [California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state] Reference

It is better for toilet use than soaps, which contain alkali.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

The drier it became the whiter the ground on the alkali spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference

"Trail dust sure does make a man's throat dryer'n an alkali flat!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference

We travelled, for a long distance, over sage-brush and alkali plains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference

The springs along our way become tinctured with sulphur, alkali, and salt.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference

For this reason crown glass made with a little alkali or kelp is preferred.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

When the smell of the alkali has almost disappeared, add 1 liter of rain water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference

The oxen are easier to feed, and don't suffer so much from the alkali in the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference

In crossing the plains, they had used the alkali water found there for this purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference

It is useful when an alkali is required to soften water for coloured clothes or woollens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference

And he was not now scornful of a green-scummed water hole with its white margin of alkali.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference

Rub the alkali and the naphthol with a little water in a mortar and add the remainder of the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference

Later their oxen drank of the alkali water of the Humboldt River, and three of the four died in one night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference

I had to go through a large field of wild rosebushes, then across an alkali bed, and then through more bushes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference