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a·lum
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n. Chem.
a colorless astringent compound, AlK(SO4)2.12H2O, a hydrated double sulfate of aluminum and potassium, used in solution medicinally and in dyeing and tanning.
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any of a number of analogous crystalline double sulfates of a monovalent metal (or group) and a trivalent metal.
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ALUM CURBS PHOSPHORUS RUNOFF AND MORE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...Fayetteville, Arkansas, first discovered that alum (aluminum sulfate) applied to poultry...reduces phosphorus runoff from pastures. Alum binds to phosphate, forming aluminum phosphate...runoff. Soon after, Moore found that alum could reduce ammonia emissions in poultry...
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Alum curbs phosphorus runoff and more.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Fayetteville, Arkansas, first discovered that alum (aluminum sulfate) applied to poultry...reduces phosphorus runoff from pastures. Alum binds to phosphate, forming aluminum phosphate...runoff. Soon after, Moore found that alum could reduce ammonia emissions in poultry...
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Alum Prices on the Rise as PAC Faces Overcapacity, Higher Costs.(polyaluminum chloride)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 1/29/2001; ; 700+ words
; PRICING FOR aluminum sulfate (alum) is once again on the rise as producers...demand from the water treatment sector. Alum continues to dominate that market despite...hikes last November, when it increased alum prices by $8 per ton, and other major...
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The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff: Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
Magazine article from: Mineralogical Record; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...perform the traditional functions of alum (a mordant in home dyeing, and an...minerals, now classified as pseudo-alums (Honig et al., 1953), were called...locality in 1855, he saw "wagonloads" of alum and Epsom salt lying on the ground awaiting...
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THE MINERALS OF ALUM CAVE BLUFF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TENNESSEE.
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...perform the traditional functions of alum (a mordant in home dyeing, and an...minerals, now classified as pseudo-alums (Honig et al., 1953), were called...locality in 1855, he saw "wagonloads" of alum and Epsom salt lying on the ground awaiting...
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Alum Creek Lions Club observing 45th anniversary
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 10/11/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Pauley, a community volunteer with a recent Alum Creek Lions Club litter clean-up detail...Lions Club's many service projects. The Alum Creek Lions Club has a long history of...stretch of road across from his church, the Alum Creek Independent Missionary Baptist Church...
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Aluminum toxicity and ecological risk assessment of dried alum residual into surface water disposal.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...generate large amounts of aluminun rich alum residuals that are discharged directly...is more than that in water. Aluminum in alum residual is soluble in water and dilute...The managerial practice to deal with alum residual requires easily understandable...
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Phosphorus adsorption and oven dried alum residual solids in fixed bed column experiments.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of phosphorus adsorption on oven dried alum residual solids. The effect of key operating...that phosphorus removal using oven dried alum residual solids was effective and comparable...small-scale column test, oven dried alum residual. Resume : Des colonnes a lit...
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Stormwater treatment using alum.
Magazine article from: Public Works; 9/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...effective stormwater treatment systems using alum have been constructed in Florida to meet...18[H.sub.2]O, commonly called alum, into the runoff flow inside storm sewer lines before discharge into the lake. Alum is an acid salt of aluminum that has been...
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Alum-treated litter may not affect nutrient digestibility of beef steers. (Nutrition and Health/Beef).
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 8/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...aluminum sulfate, commonly referred to as alum, to the bedding material in broiler houses...University to determine if the addition of alum to broiler litter affected nutrient digestibility...determine the effect of the addition of alum to broiler litter fed to steers on dry...
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alum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
alum , any one of a series of isomorphous double salts...iron, manganese, cobalt, or titanium). The name alum commonly refers to potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate, or potash alum, KAl(SO 4 ) 2 ·12H 2 O, a colorless...
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Aluminum (revised)
Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
...Aluminum was named for one its most important compounds, alum. Alum is a compound of potassium, aluminum, sulfur, and oxygen...aluminum sulfate, KAl(SO 4 ) 2 . No one is sure when alum was first used by humans. The ancient Greeks and Romans...
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Aluminum
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...named for one of its most important compounds, alum, a compound of potassium, aluminum, sulfur, and oxygen. The chemical name for alum is potassium aluminum sulfate, KAl(SO 4 ) 2 . Alum has been widely used by humans for thousands...
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Clément, Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...one years later. Research on alum in the same year established...preference given to Italian alums was based solely on prejudice...considered essential; consequently, alum that was too pure was not accepted...the development of a French alum industry. Also in this period...
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Potassium Aluminum Sulfate
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...minerals such as alunite and kalinite. Commercially available potassium aluminum sulfate is called potassium alum, potash alum, alum flour, or alum meal. Potassium aluminum sulfate forms a solid, white powder at room temperature. It is a...
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