Alkali vs Barilla - What's the difference?
alkali | barilla |
(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as 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.
Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
(Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
Any of several unrelated saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash
The alkali produced from the plant, an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching.
Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
As nouns the difference between alkali and barilla
is that alkali is alkali while barilla is any of several unrelated saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash.alkali
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(wikipedia alkali)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (chemistry) baseAntonyms
* (chemistry) acidDerived terms
* alkaline * alkali metalSee also
* caustic * pH ----barilla
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(wikipedia barilla) (en noun)- (Ure)