alkali

basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical element
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alkali

Summary

alkali is a chemical substance[1]. alkali ranks in the top 9% of chemical_substance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,768 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alkali's instance of is recorded as chemical substance[3].
  • alkali is a type of acidity regulator[4].
  • alkali is a type of base[5].
  • alkali's topic's main category is recorded as Q9740612[6].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • alkali's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
  • alkali's different from is recorded as alkali metal[17].
  • alkali's different from is recorded as base[18].
  • alkali's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

alkali's instance of is recorded as chemical substance[3]. Recorded subclass of include acidity regulator[4] and base[5].

Why It Matters

alkali ranks in the top 9% of chemical_substance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,768 views/month).[2] alkali has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] alkali is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . CAC/GL 36-1989: Class names and the international numbering system for food additives, 2017 English revision. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 QGA5o
    Instance of chemical substance
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Described by source Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +7
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