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PREPARATION
OF
POTASSIUM ALUM
FROM
SCRAP ALUMINIUM
CONTENTS
SL. NO. TITLE PAGE NO.
1. INTRODUCTION Page: 1
3. CHARECTERISTICS
AND USES OF POTASH ALUM Page: 4
6. THEORY Page: 7
7. PROCEDURE Page: 8
8. OBSERVATION Page: 9
9. DISCUSSION Page: 10
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TYPES OF ALUM
POTASH ALUM: Aluminum potassium sulfate, potash
alum, KAl(SO4)3.12H2O is used as an astringent and
antisepsis in various food preparation process such as
pickling and fermentation and as a flocculent for water
purification, among other things.
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CHROME ALUM: Chrome alum, KCr(SO4)2.12H2O, a
dark violet crystalline double sulfate of chromium and
potassium, was used in tanning.
SELENATE-CONTAINING ALUMS:
Alums are also known that contain selenium in place of
sulfur in the sulfate anion, making selenate (SeO42-)
instead. They are called selenium or selenate-alums.
They are strong oxidizing agents.
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CHARECTERISTICS AND USES OF
POTASH ALUM
CHARECTERISTICS
1. Potassium alum crystallizes in regular octahedra with flattened
corners, and is very soluble in water.
2. The solution reddens litmus and is an astringent.
3. When heated to nearly red hot it gives a porous, friable mass which is
known as burnt alum.
4. It fuses at 920 C(198o F) in its own water of crystallization.
5. Natural Alumis obtained by the addition of as much sodium
carbonate to a solution of alum as will begin to cause the separation of
alumina.
USES
CHEMICAL
1. In tanning of leather to prepare the hide.
2. As a mordant for dyes.
3. In the clarifying of turbid liquids, including post-storm treatment of lakes
to precipitate contaminants.
4. As a fire retardant in textile products.
5. As a hardener for photographic emulsions.
MEDICAL
1. As a natural deodorant by inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
2. After shaving to prepare the skin.
3. To reduce bleeding in minor cuts and abrasions, nosebleeds and
hemorrhoids.
4. As an astringent/styptic and antiseptic.
CULINARY
1. As an additive to baking powder to provide a second leavening phase at
high temperature.
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APPARATUS REQUIRED
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CHEMICALS REQUIRED
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THEORY
Potash alum is double salt, yielding the ions K+, Al(H2O)63+ and
SO42- when dissolved in water.
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PROCEDURE
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OBSERVATION
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CONCLUSION
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DISCUSSION
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Textual resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_a
lum
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound
/Potassium_alum
Image resources
http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/1934456/269
39144/0/1342427228/Potash_alum.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co
mmons/thumb/1/1c/Potassium_alum.jpg/250px
-Potassium_alum.jpg
http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/1934456/269
39122/0/1342427210/Potash_alum.jpg
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