1) Alma mater visitor 2) Almost a lump of chemical 3) Aluminium 4) Aluminum 5) Aluminum potassium sulfate 6) American returnee 7) Ammonia alum 8) Ammonium alum 9) An astringent 10) Application to a cut 11) Astringent 12) Astringent compound 13) Astringent ingredient 14) Astringent or emetic 15) Astringent or styptic
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1) Aluminum ammonium sulfate 2) Alumna 3) Alumnus 4) Grad
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• (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. • (n.) 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.
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any of a group of hydrated double salts, usually consisting of aluminum sulfate, water of hydration, and the sulfate of another element. A whole ... [5 related articles]
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A chemical substance that contains aluminum sulfate and a second chemical, usually potassium sulfate. It is used to shrink tissues, to stop bleeding, and to boost the immune response to a vaccine.
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An alum is a double salt comprising a sulphate salt of a monovalent element, with the sulphate salt of a trivalent element. The most well known example is potash alum (aluminium potassium sulphate) KAl(SO4)2.12H2O which is used to clear murky water.
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A double salt comprising sulfates of two metals (one monovalent, one trivalent) combined with 12 molecules of water of crystallization: M
IM
III(SO
4)
2.12H
2O. The monovalent metal is commo...
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Chemicals used to 'fix' coloured dyes from plants and animals to a piece of cloth - so it will not wash out or fade over time. This has been found in large amounts on the North Yorkshire coast in the shale type rocks. There are similar chemical compounds based on the substitution of Potassium (K) by Sodium (Na) and Ammonium (NH4).
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Also called hydrated aluminium sulphate or papermaker's alum. A papermaking chemical that's typically used when adding rosin size to pulp, alum imparts water-resistant properties to paper. In practical terms, it keeps paper from clinging to the presses.
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<chemistry> A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (especially. An alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization. ... Common alum is the double sulphate of aluminium and potassium. It is white, transparent, very astringent, and crystallizes easily in octahedrons. The term is exte...
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(al´әm) a local astringent and styptic, prepared as an ammonium (ammonium alum) or potassium (potassium alum) compound; also used as an adjuvant in adsorbed vaccines and toxoids.
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A term commonly, but mistakenly, applied in the paper industry to various qualities of Aluminium Sulphate.
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An alum is a double salt comprising a sulphate salt of a monovalent element, with the sulphate salt of a trivalent element. The most well known example is potash alum (aluminium potassium sulphate) KAl(SO4)2.12H2O which is used to clear murky water.
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Al'um noun [ Middle English
alum ,
alom , Old French
alum , French
alun , from Latin
alumen alum.]
(Chemistry) 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 crystal...
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Al'um transitive verb To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
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Alum is a crystalline, astringent substance with a sweetish taste. It is a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium with water of crystallization. It crystallizes in colourless regular octahedra. Its solution reddens vegetable blues. When heated, its water of crystallization is driven off, and it becomes light and spongy with slightly corrosive p...
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Potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate
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a mineral used as a mordant during dyeing
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potash alum noun a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
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noun a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
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Any double sulphate of a monovalent metal or radical (such as sodium, potassium, or ammonium) and a trivalent metal (such as aluminium, chromium, or iron). The commonest alum is the double sulphate of potassium and aluminium, K2Al2(SO4
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(chebb) Ground and used in jabane-soft nougat with nuts or almonds. Alum is burnt with hermel, (a fragrant spice) and houd (sandalwood) in a little kanoun (an earthenware brazier) in order to counteract the evil eye.
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A chemical compound that can be processed from clays. It has been used for industrial purposes (e.g. tanning leather and dyeing) and in medicine.
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Also calleda crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, KSO&multiplydot;Al(SO)&multiplydot;24HO, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes. · one of a class of double sulfates analogous to the potassium alum, as aluminum ammonium sulfate, having the general formula RSO&multiply...
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