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ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE

Words to Know

AQUEOUS SOLUTION A solution that consists DOUBLE SALT A salt that includes aluminum
of some material dissolved in water. and one other metal, such as potassium.
ASTRINGENT A material triggers a loss of MORDANT A substance that reacts with a
water from tissue, thereby causing the dye so that it attaches to a fiber or fabric
tissues to shrink and contract. more easily.

COLLOID A mixture consisting of tiny particles
suspended, but not dissolved, in water.

• As an astringent in medical treatments; and
• In the preparation of other compounds of aluminum in
the chemical industry.

FOR FURT H ER INFOR M ATIO N
‘‘Aluminum Potassium Sulfate Resources.’’
http://names.mongabay.com/drugs/ingredients/ALUMINUM_
POTASSIUM_SULFATE.html (accessed on September 18, 2005).
Hart Davis, Adam. ‘‘Thomas Challoner and His Astonishing Alum
Industry.’’ ExNet.
http://www2.exnet.com/1995/12/18/science/
science.html#LINKS BACK
(accessed on September 18, 2005).
‘‘Material Safety Data Sheet: Aluminum Potassium Sulfate Dode
cahydrate.’’ Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University.
http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/AlKSO4.htm
(accessed on September 18, 2005).
‘‘Potassium Aluminum Sulfate.’’ Gale Encyclopedia of Science.
Edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 3rd ed.
Vol. 5. Detroit, Mich.: Gale, 2004.

See Also Potassium Sulfate

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