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Alum
Alum Al"um, n. [OE. alum, alom, OF. alum, F. alun, fr. L.
alumen alum.] (Chem.)
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element
(esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four
molecules of water of crystallization.
Note: Common alum is the double sulphate of aluminium and
potassium. It is white, transparent, very astringent,
and crystallizes easily in octahedrons. The term is
extended so as to include other double sulphates
similar to alum in formula.
Alum
Alum Al"um, v. t.
To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of
alum; to treat with alum. --Ure.
Meaning of Alum from wikipedia
- "
alum"
often refers to pot****ium
alum, with the
formula KAl(SO 4) 2·12 H 2O.
Other alums are
named after the
monovalent ion, such as
sodium alum and...
- Look up
alum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Alum is a
species and
class of
chemical compound. Pot****ium
alum, the
prototypical member of the class...
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Alum Rock may
refer to:
Alum rock, a
specific chemical compound and a
class of
chemical compounds Alum Rock, California, US,
formerly a town, now a neighborhood...
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aluminium sulfate, also
known as
ammonium alum or just
alum (though
there are many
different substances also
called "
alum"), is a
white crystalline double sulfate...
- Pot****ium
alum,
potash alum, or pot****ium
aluminium sulfate is a
chemical compound defined as the
double sulfate of pot****ium and aluminium, with chemical...
- soda
alum,
sodium alum, or SAS, this
white solid is used in the
manufacture of
baking powder and as a food additive. Its
official mineral name is
alum-Na...
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Alum Bay is a bay near the
westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England,
within close sight of the
Needles rock formation. Of
geological interest and...
- 558255 The
Alum Chine explosion was a
disaster that
occurred in the
Patapsco River near Baltimore,
Maryland on
March 7, 1913. The
tramp steamer Alum Chine...
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Alum-(K) is a
hydrous pot****ium
aluminium sulfate mineral with
formula KAl(SO4)2·12(H2O). It is the
mineral form of pot****ium
alum and is
referred to as...
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Chrome alum or Chromium(III) pot****ium
sulfate is the pot****ium
double sulfate of chromium. Its
chemical formula is KCr(SO4)2 and it is
commonly found...
