Alkali in a sentence as a noun

Lithium is an alkali metal, not a rare-earth element, so it's not such a good example.

It is distinct from free base *******, commonly known as 'crack', which is made by stripping the hydrochloride ion using a strong alkali.

Desert sand particles are too fine, alkali content is too high, and is generally full of contaminants.

Now I'm left with one more dilemma added to good vs. bad cholesterol, omega-3 vs. omega-6, natural vs. alkali-processed cocoa, etc.

So you climb back up a row and it looks like carbon, nitrogen, boron ... those are going to do your heavy lifting when you need multiple bonds, with hydrogen, oxygen, and the halogens or alkali metals somewhere on the outside.

However...> Most methods of processing cocoa remove many of the flavanols found in the raw plant...I wonder if this is related to the so-called "Dutch process" or alkali processed chocolate?You can buy non-dutch cocoa that contains more of the original ingredients of the beans.

Heck there isn't even a consensus how frequently should you shampoo your hair.> Only the fresh-squeezed juice of a lemon, Sunkist offers helpfully, “cuts the alkali in the soap and leaves the hair really clean.”I distinctly remember hearing this sort of advice in my school's grapevine just around the time we were going through adolescence[1] and just getting conscious about how we look.

Alkali definitions

noun

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

See also: base

noun

a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture