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AMMONIUM SULFATE

Interesting Facts

The German alchemist 1597. In that book, Alchemia,
Andreas Libau (c.1540 1616), he described a method for
better known by his making ammonium sulfate,
Latinized name of Libavius, probably the first mention
wrote what is widely of the compound in modern
regarded as the first sources.
textbook on chemistry in

• In the tanning of leather;
• As a fireproofing agent for fabrics and paper;

• In the manufacture of viscose rayon;
• As an additive to cattle feed
• As a nutrient in bacterial cultures;
• In the processing of certain metals, such as chromium
and gold; and
• In the manufacture of polymers used in the production
of chipboard.

FOR FUR THER INFO RMAT ION

‘‘Ammonium Sulfate.’’ Hazardous Substances Data Bank.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi bin/sis/search/
r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+Ammonium+Sulfate (accessed on Sep
tember 20, 2005).

Words to Know

ALCHEMY Ancient field of study from POLYMER A compound consisting of very
which the modern science of chemistry large molecules made of one or two small
evolved. repeated units called monomers.

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