"Alkalinity" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the skin smooth and pliant, probably on account of its alkaline character and the large amount of free nitrogen suspended in it. Its alkalinity also saponifies the fatty acids on the surface of the body, cleanses and opens up the sudorific glands, and thus assists the free absorption of the nitrogen into the system. Brisk rubbing of the skin (whilst in the water) with the hands promotes ...
— Buxton and its Medicinal Waters • Robert Ottiwell Gifford-Bennet
... rapidity of nitrification also depends on the degree of alkalinity of the solution. Nitrification will not take place in an acid solution; it is essential that some base should be present with which the nitric acid may combine; when all available base is used up, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 • Various |
