Definition of basify in US English:
basify
verbˈbāsəˌfīˈbeɪsəˌfaɪˈbeɪsəˌfaɪ
[with object]Chemistry Change into a base; alkalize.
Example sentencesExamples
- You may need to redissolve in hot water, basify to 9 or 10, add a non-polar solvent, and extract the solvent layer weekly for 3 weeks.
- Conventionally, chrome tanning consists of pickling, tanning and basifying.
- After removal of the Zinc by filtration, the filtrate was basified with concentrated NaOH and extracted with three 50-ml portions of ether.
- In addition, the process offers unique opportunities to directly acidify or basify process streams without adding chemicals, avoiding by-product or waste streams and costly downstream purification steps.
- Ammonia was convenient for basifying the filtered extracts, although other inorganic bases should have worked also.