alkalinity

Enzymes are very sensitive to changes in temperature and to the degree of acidity or alkalinity of the material in which they act.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Note the extremes of acidity and alkalinity in which macroscopical growth has developed (Range of reaction).
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
Moreover, it is but little affected by variations in alkalinity, which render the other finishing point quite useless.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Alkalinity of commercial potassium cyanide and of cyanide solutions.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

The less pure samples will show an excess of alkalinity because of the presence of sodium carbonate or of potassium carbonate.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for alkalinity

alkalinity

/ (ˌælkəˈlɪnɪtɪ) /

noun

the quality or state of being alkaline

the amount of alkali or base in a solution, often expressed in terms of pH

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alkalinity

[ ăl′kə-lĭn′ĭ-tē ]

n.

The alkali concentration or alkaline quality of a substance that contains alkali.

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