Category:Alkaline

Al"ka*line, a. Etym: [Cf. F. alcalin.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.

-- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium.

-- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.