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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A different alkali would have been used for the manufacture of later soda glasses.
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Amines can be prepared by heating and alkyl ammonium salt with an alkali .
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By 1880 he was recognized as an international authority on alkali manufacture.
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Electron microprobe element maps show the distribution and quantity of alkali feldspar in the fine-grained groundmass of the altered basalts.
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In 1895 he entered the alkali business.
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This is consistent with glass technology at the time-the principal alkali used was also soda.
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When an acid and alkali react together the result is a salt and water.