English-Danish translations for alkali

• alkali
  Overskuddet fra chlor-alkali-industrien skal oplagres, for en sådan oplagring er nødvendig. The surpluses from the chlor-alkali industry must be stored, because that storage is necessary.
  Vi ved, at kloralkaliindustrien er nødt til at stoppe med eksporten. We know that the chlor-alkali industry must cease exports.
  Det andet ændringsforslag drejer sig om kviksølvcellebaserede kloralkalianlæg. The second amendment concerns mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants.

Definition of alkali

• One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue
• Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters

Related words

• alkaline
• alkalinity
• alkaliweed
• alkaligrass
• alkaliphile
• alkaliphilic
• alkalize
• alkalimeter
• alkalify