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alkali


is a hydroxide or carbonate of an alkali metal (e.g., lithium, sodium, potassium, etc.), the aqueous solution of which is characteristically basic in chemical reactions. The term may be extended to apply to hydroxides and carbonates of barium, calcium, magnesium, and the ammonium ion.

Also see base.

 

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