alkali

He dragged you through an Arkansas post-oak swamp, let you dry for a moment on the alkali plains of his Idaho ranch, then whirled you into the society of Viennese archdukes.

And she saw Daisy thereafter, through days of alkali and heat, walking, stumbling, in the dust of the wagons, the little sick dog, like a baby, in her arms.

We started across at eight in the morning, pushing through sand that had no bottom; toiling all day long by the wrecks of a thousand wagons, the skeletons of ten thousand oxen; by wagon-tires enough to hoop the Washington Monument to the top, and ox-chains enough to girdle Long Island; by human graves; with our throats parched always, with thirst; lips bleeding from the alkali dust; hungry, perspiring, and very, very weary--so weary that when we dropped in the sand every fifty yards to rest the horses, we could hardly keep from going to sleep--no complaints from Oliver: none the next morning at three o'clock, when we got across, tired to death.

Neither did I put any sal-soda, or other acid or alkali, into my bread.

He dropped a piece of litmus paper into an acid, when it changed instantly to red, and on floating it in an alkali it turned as quickly to blue.

Chlor alkali is used in the form of its derivatives in the automobile industry, construction sector, pulp & paper industry and the food & beverage industry among others.

Glass is made up of three major components - silica, soda, and alkali. Silica is the main ingredient, but the melting point is so high that it's difficult to work with.

In this new role, Varilek, assumes overall operating responsibility for the Chemicals businesses including the Chlor Alkali Products & Vinyls, and Epoxy business segments.