ALUM
/ΛΓ¦l.Ιm/
6
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Definition
/ΛΓ¦l.Ιm/
noun
- An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4Β·Al2(SO4)3Β·24H2O).
- 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.
verb
- To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
Source: Wiktionary
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