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POTASSIUM ALUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potassium alum mean?
• POTASSIUM ALUM (noun)
The noun POTASSIUM ALUM has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
Familiarity information: POTASSIUM ALUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
alum; potash alum; potassium alum
Hypernyms ("potassium alum" is a kind of...):
Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)
double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)
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