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PRONUNCIATION OF POTASH ALUM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTASH ALUM

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Potash alum is a noun.
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WHAT DOES POTASH ALUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potash alum

Potassium alum

Potassium alum, potash alum, tawas, or potassium aluminum sulfate is a chemical compound: the potassium double sulfate of aluminium. Its chemical formula is KAl2 and it is commonly found in its dodecahydrate form as KAl2.12. Alum is the common name for this chemical compound, given the nomenclature of potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate. It is commonly used in water purification, leather tanning, dyeing, fireproof textiles, and baking powder. It also has cosmetic uses as a deodorant, as an aftershave treatment and as a styptic for minor bleeding from shaving.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTASH ALUM

potash
potassa
potassic
potassium
potassium bitartrate
potassium bromide
potassium carbonate
potassium chlorate
potassium chloride
potassium cyanide
potassium dichromate
potassium ferrocyanide
potassium hexacyanoferrate (II)
potassium hydrogen tartrate
potassium hydroxide
potassium manganate(VII)
potassium nitrate
potassium permanganate
potassium sulphate
potassium-argon dating

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTASH ALUM

alum
antebellum
asylum
Blum
chrome alum
crotalum
curriculum
hoodlum
lum
ornithogalum
paspalum
pendulum
peplum
plum
scybalum
slum
speculum
tantalum
tropaeolum
vestibulum

Synonyms and antonyms of potash alum in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «potash alum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTASH ALUM

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Translator English - Chinese

钾明矾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alumbre de potasa
570 millions of speakers

English

potash alum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोटाश फिटकिरी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البوتاس الشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

калийных квасцов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

potássio alum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পটাস অ্যালুম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´alun de potasse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potash alum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kali- Alaun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カリミョウバン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

칼륨 명반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potash alum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kali phèn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொட்டாஷ் அலுமியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोटॅश वास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Potas şapı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cloruro di potassio allume
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ałun potasowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

калійних квасцов
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potasiu alaun
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

στυπτηρία ποτάσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

potas aluin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kaliumklorid alun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potash alum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potash alum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTASH ALUM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTASH ALUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potash alum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTASH ALUM»

Discover the use of potash alum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potash alum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Diarrhoeal Diseases Research
It was designed to test whether the application of potash alum (0.05%) regularly into household water storage vessels during water replenishment was capable of decontaminating household water in homes using shallow well water.
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100 Amazing Make-It-Yourself Science Fair Projects
Crystals. Potassium chromium sulfate (chrome alum) yields dark purple mixed crystals. Combining it with potassium aluminum sulfate (potash alum) allows you to vary the hue or create an unusual, layered stone. The procedure for creating ...
‎2005
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Diarrhoeal Diseases Research
The study determines whether aluminium potassium sulphate (potash alum), used traditionally for purifying tank, reservoir and household drinking water would have an antibacterial effect on the total bacterial count in ORS prepared with the ...
4
Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists
(a) potash alum chrome alum (b) (c) FIGURE 8.24. A view of (a) potash alum ( transparent) growing on a single crystal of isomorphous chrome alum (purple interior). Diffraction photographs of (b) potash alum and (c) chrome alum. The radial ...
Jenny P. Glusker, Mitchell Lewis, Miriam Rossi, 1994
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
Its basis is sulphate of alumina, combined usually with sulphate of potash, but sometimes with sulphate of soda or sulphate of ammonia : when the first alkaline salt enters into its composition, the product is common or potash alum, the second ...
‎1833
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Course In Chem For Iit-Jee 2010
Calculate the molar and equivalent conductivities at infinite dilution of potash alum. Given: Am(K+) = 73.5 ft1 cm2 mol"1, Am(Al3+) = 189 ft"1 cm2 mol"1 and Am(S042") = 160 ft"1 cm2 mol"1 ' Solution The formula of potash alum is K2S04.
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
Alum: salt. The atomic weights of the constituents of alum are William Wilson, at Hurlet, near Glasgow, afterwardskm Potash alum is a compound'of' r ~ 4- . . 4! atoms sulphuric acid.-......... = 20 1 atom potash...........it........a = 6 3 atoms alumina .
‎1842
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Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry
The crystals are colorless octahedral or cube-shaped cubic lattices with a sour, astringent taste; M, 474.19, density 1.757, anhydrous above 200 °C. The aqueous solution gives an acid reaction. P. occurs naturally as alunite and potash alum.
Mary Eagleson, 1994
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Hepatitis—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2012 Edition
79% of barbers are rubbing Potash Alum stone on facial shaving cuts.” “Dark blood spots are analyzed on Potash Alum stones being used at different barber shops. The aim of the study was to check the viability of hepatitis C virus on potash ...
‎2012
10
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines ...
When, instead of potash or its salts, the ammoniacal salts are used, or putrid urine, with the aluminous lixivia, ammoniacal alum is produced, which is perfectly similar to the potash alum in its appearance and properties. At a gentle heat both  ...
Andrew Ure, 1858

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTASH ALUM»

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Silt in rivers hit drinking water supply in Solan, adjacent villages
Besides, the shortage of potash alum chemical, used to separate mud particles in water, and transfer of the lone MC engineer to Parwanoo, ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
2
Expert Highlights Importance of Hygiene in Health Care
... bathing by Dettol antiseptic liquid in comparison with local purification agents like alum, lime, salt, potash alum and Moringa Alovera seeds. «THISDAY Live, May 14»
3
L'Occitane blooms with new floral collection
It combines baby powder (talcum) and pure tawas (potash alum) that absorbs sweat from the skin. It comes in two refreshing scents: Peas ... «Philippine Star, Jun 13»
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Are fake eggs for real?
baifan (apparently the Chinese name for some unidentified chemical), gypsum, potash alum (what is its purpose?), glucono-delta-lactone ... «Malaysia Star, May 11»

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