Definition of Ammonium alum

1. Noun. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum.

Exact synonyms: Alum, Ammonia Alum
Generic synonyms: Al, Aluminium, Aluminum, Atomic Number 13, Double Salt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammonium Alum

ammonifies
ammonify
ammonifying
ammonio-
ammonioalunite
ammonioborite
ammoniojarosite
ammonioleucite
ammonite
ammonites
ammonitic
ammonitiferous
ammonitoidea
ammonium
ammonium acetate
ammonium alum (current term)
ammonium benzoate
ammonium bicarbonate
ammonium bromide
ammonium carbamate
ammonium carbonate
ammonium chloride
ammonium compounds
ammonium ferric sulfate
ammonium hydroxide
ammonium ichthosulfonate
ammonium imine
ammonium imines
ammonium iodide
ammonium ion

Literary usage of Ammonium alum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"It corresponds in composition with the basic ammonium-alum formed by ... 544), this salt may also bo obtained [anhydrous] by heating ammonium-alum in iron ..."

2. Inorganic chemistry by Ira Remsen (1890)
"Alum is used ver}- extensively in the preparation of pigments, as a mordant, in the sizing of paper, for clarifying water, etc. ammonium alum, Ammonium ..."

3. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard (1910)
"FERRIC ammonium alum In this preparation ferrous sulphate is converted into ferric sulphate under the oxidizing action of nitric acid in the presence of the ..."

4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The theoretical composition of cobaltous chloride is as follows : Co 35.60* Cl 4 ammonium alum. 100.00* 28. Determination of Alumina. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"In 1845, however, the potassium sulphate was replaced by the- ammonium sulphate produced from the then waste liquors from gas works, yielding ammonium alum. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In 1845, however, the potassium sulphate was replaced by the ammonium sulphate produced from the then waste liquors from gas work?, yielding ammonium alum. ..."

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