Most of the injuries reported so far have been alkali burns .
到目前为止,大多数的伤亡报告都是由于碱烧伤造成的。
It was not quite the sudden shift from litmus red to blue of an acid being neutralised by an alkali , but it was not far off .
虽然不是完全像酸溶液完全被碱溶液中和时石蕊试剂突然从红变蓝那样迅速,但是也差不太多。
One of the first inklings that chemistry has an underlying pattern was the discovery , early in the 19th century , of lithium , sodium and potassium-known collectively as the alkali metals .