basification

1. (chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.Examples: "In the process of basification, the top layer of the crust becomes basic, while the lower becomes ultrabasic acquiring the density of the mantle or an even greater density"; "Thereafter, the pH is increased in two stages (basification and then neutralization) to facilitate aluminum complexation and fixation."; "Early basification applies when the tannage is basified right at the start of the process: the solution of the basifying agent is added immediately after adding the chrome in solution."countableuncountable