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Alkaline vs Pinite - What's the difference?

alkaline | pinite |

In chemistry terms the difference between alkaline and pinite

is that alkaline is having a pH greater than 7 while pinite is a sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (species: Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.

As nouns the difference between alkaline and pinite

is that alkaline is an alkaline battery while pinite is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.

As an adjective alkaline

is of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.

alkaline

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • An alkaline battery.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
  • (chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.

    • Synonyms

    * (chemistry) basic

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acidic

    Derived terms

    * alkaline air * alkaline battery * alkaline earth * alkaline earth metal

    Related terms

    * alkali * alkaloid

    pinite

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
  • (chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.

    • Etymology 2

    , after a mine in Saxony.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mineralogy) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.
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