单词 | alkalifiable |
释义 | alkalifiableadj. Chemistry. Now historical and rare. Capable of being alkalified. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > bases > [adjective] > capable of conversion into alkalifiable1817 1817 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 5) I. 563 This metal should have been placed in the second family of the alkalifiable combustibles immediately after zirconium. 1841 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 7 40 Lastly, the mercury of the amalgam distilled; the last portions requiring a bright red heat, in consequence of the affinity between the metal and the alkalifiable radical. 1871 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 3) II. xi. 305 The hydrated sulphides..may be prepared..by mixing a solution of the salts of any of those metals with that of a sulphide of one of the alkalifiable metals. 1980 W. B. Jensen Lewis Acid–Base Concepts i. 29 He [sc. T. Thomson] divided the elements into three classes: acidifiable bases, alkalifiable bases, and generalized supporters of combustion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1817 |
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