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alkalinity

alkalinity

2 6.3
How basic a liquid or soil is and how well it makes acids harmless
  • noun
  • /ˌæl.kəˈlɪn.ɪ.ti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : alcalinidad
  • In-lake bioassay experiments indicate that DOC and nutrient concentrations, as well as alkalinity and pH, are important determinants of diatom community structure (Olson 1998).
  • alkalinity, pH
  • alkalinity, conductivity
  • alkalinity, hardness

So if you have too high of alkalinity all the time, then your body also has to use buffering compounds to balance that out.

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Examples

  • The pH criterion provides a measure on a scale of 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (Table 4).

    Academic text (2007)
  • An on-site lab collected daily digester samples and analyzed them for pH, temperature, oil and grease, nitrogen, alkalinity, solids, and volatile fatty acids.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The main problem he investigated was the regulation of alkalinity in blood.

    Academic text (1992)
  • So if you have too high of alkalinity all the time, then your body also has to use buffering compounds to balance that out.

  • So again, when it comes to alkalinity, we know that vegetables, fruits and bone broth are the best.

  • Total hardness in all samples exhibited values greater than the total alkalinity.

    Academic text (2010)
  • However, a reduction in groundwater inflow is, for most lakes, a more important process driving the alkalinity losses.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In addition, a few other water parameters (pH and alkalinity) slightly deviated from normal levels (Table IV A and B).

    Academic text (1997)
  • The addition of hydrated lime to produce sufficient alkalinity for nitrification of the influent temporarily alleviated the problem.

    Academic text (1997)
  • A solution's pH indicates whether it has an acidic or alkalinity property that can neutralize acids.

Antonyms

12 3.5

The amount of acid in something, for example soil or the stomach

How Alkaline

alkalinity
  • Specialized
2 6.3
neutrality
  • Specialized
5.3

Surface Forms

alkalinity singular
alkalinity plural

Morphology

alkalinity = alkaline (transparent) = alkaline + ity

Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'alkaline', yielding the state or quality of being alkaline.

Etymology

Alkalinity comes from alkali, which comes from the Arabic al-qaly meaning 'the ashes' because people once used plant ashes to make strong, 'basic' substances. So alkalinity tells how 'basic' and not acidic a liquid is and how well it can neutralize acids.