alum salts

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• alum — alum1 /al euhm/, n. Chem. 1. Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes. 2 …   Universalium

• Alum — This article is about the chemical compound. For other uses, see Alum (disambiguation). Bulk alum Alum (  / …   Wikipedia

• Alum Cave Trail — Infobox Hiking trail Name=Alum Cave Trail Photo=Alum Cave Bluffs Trailhead.jpg Caption=The trailhead of the Alum Cave Trail Location=Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, United States Length=5.0 mi; 8.05 km Start/End Points=Mount Le… …   Wikipedia

• alum — A double sulfate of aluminum and of an alkaline earth element or ammonium; chemically, an a. is any one of the markedly astringent double salts formed by a combination of a sulfate of aluminum, iron, manga …   Medical dictionary

• alum — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French alum, alun, from Latin alumen Date: 14th century 1. a potassium aluminum sulfate KAl(SO4)2•12H2O or an ammonium aluminum sulfate NH4Al(SO4)2•12H2O used especially as an emetic and as an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Potassium alum — Chembox new Name = Potassium aluminium sulfate ImageSize = 200px OtherNames = potassium alum, potash alum Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 7784 24 9 Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = KAl(SO4)2 MolarMass = 258.207 g/mol Density = 1.76… …   Wikipedia

• Chrome alum — Potassium chromium sulfate Preferred IUPAC name Chromium potassium sulfate[ …   Wikipedia

• Soda alum — Soda So da, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] 1. (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Epsom salts — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Glauber's salts — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Soda salts — Soda So da, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] 1. (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English