potash alum

American  

[pot-ash al-uhm] / ˈpɒtˌæʃ ˈæl əm /

noun

Chemistry.

1. alum.

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potash alum British  

noun

1. the full name for alum

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Etymology

Origin of potash alum

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Nitrat of potash, oxygenated muriat of potash, alum, sulphat of soda, &c. are examples of this circumstance, as, to make these salts cristallize, refrigeration must be added to evaporation.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Portions of the gum solutions were mixed with small quantities of menthol, thymol, salol, and saccharin in alkaline solution, also with boric acid, sodium phosphate, and potash alum in aqueous solution.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

Further, the hair-like alum of Dioscorides, repeated by Pliny below, was quite conceivably fibrous kalinite, native potash alum, which occurs commonly as an efflorescence.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

For example, episomorphs of white potash alum and violet chrome alum, of white magnesium sulphate and green nickel sulphate, and of many other pairs of salts, have been obtained.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

This was the common potash alum and uncombined with any carbonated alkali, and it passed into the stomach unchanged.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various