Russell County was established by an act of the state general assembly on December 18, 1832, from lands ceded to the state by the Creek Indians. The county seat has changed several times: Girard (1833â1839), Crawford originally Crockettsville (1839â1868), Seale (1868â1935) and Phenix City (1935âpresent).
noun. The definition of an alkali is a soluble salt that comes from the ashes of plants and is made up of mostly potassium or sodium carbonate. Lye and calcium carbonate are each an example of an alkali.he definition of an alkali is a soluble salt that comes from the ashes of plants and is made up of mostly potassium or sodium carbonate.
(b) An alkaline salt. Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under Double.