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Definition of Alums
1. alum [n] - See also: alum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alums
Literary usage of Alums
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)
"The first effect of heat upon the alums is to drive off their water of ...
The fixed alkali-alums leave a residue of trióxido mixed with sulphate of ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"These three alums follow the regular system of crystallization: their ordinary
forms are the ... These new alums crystallize in octahedrons or in cubes, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"WITHIN the past few years much has been added to our knowledge of the chemistry
of the alums. To the aluminum, chromium, iron, gallium, and indium alums ..."
4. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools: For the by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"Sulphate of alumina forms, with potash, soda, and ammonia, double salts of much
interest, called alums. They are all soluble salts, with a sweetish ..."
5. Studies from the Chemical Laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School by H. L. Wells (1901)
"If they were, chromic alums would have about twice their actual solubility. ...
The abnormal behavior of the thallium alums, according to the Periodic ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The alums all crystallize in cubes or octahedra, with 24 molecules of water, and
are all isomorphous, so that when in solution together they cannot be ..."
7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"The determination of free sulphuric acid in alums by volumetric means has been
repeatedly attempted. The hydrolysis of aluminum sulphate prevents direct ..."
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