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AllRefer.com - alum, Compound & Element (Compounds And Elements) - Encyclopedia |
 | | Ammonium aluminum sulfate, or ammonia alum, NH Al(SO O, is used in tanning, in dyeing and fireproofing textiles, in vegetable glues and porcelain cements, and in water purification. |
 | | Chromium potassium sulfate, or chrome alum, KCr(SO O, is used as a mordant in dyeing, in tanning, and in photographic fixing baths to harden gelatin films and plates. |
 | | A pseudoalum is a double sulfate salt of a divalent cation (e.g., magnesium or calcium) and a trivalent cation (e.g., aluminum). |
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