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Categories: Sulfates, Double salts, Sulfate minerals, Traditional medicine, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

alum Alaun Alum compounds Alum Powder alumen

A double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things) WordNet 3.0

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A double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An alum is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula XAl2·12 H2O, where X is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium. Wikipedia

Species and class of chemical compound. Potassium alum, the prototypical member of the class, is often referred to simply as alum. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Family of double sulfate salts of monovalent and trivalent cations Wikidata

Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. Wiktionary

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water of crystallization

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alum

sodium alum

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