KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AHMEDABAD CANTT.

CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

(Session: 2022 -23)
AIM OF THE PROJECT
ALUM CRYSTALS FROM ALUMINIUM SCRAPS
Submitted To:

Mr. S.K.Soni, PGT-CHEMISTRY

Submitted By:MAYANK ROUTRAY

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Board Roll No._______
Class- XIIA (PCM)

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 Certificate
This is to certify that Mayank Routray of
class 12th, Kendriya Vidyalaya Ahmedabad
Cantt., Ahmedabad, Gujarat has
satisfactorily completed the investigatory
project for Chemistry as prescribed by CBSE
for the academic year 2022-2023.

Date:____________
Roll No.-_________

School Seal
(Sig. of External Examiner)

Mr. S.K.SONI Mrs. ALICE.P.KACHCHAP

(PGT CHEMISTRY) (PRINCIPAL)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the accomplishment of this project successfully, many
people have best owned upon me their blessings and the heart
pledged support this time I am utilizing to thank all the people
who have been concerned with project.
Primarily, I would like to thank my Principal MRS. A.P.
KACHCHAP and Chemistry teacher MR. S.K. SONI, whose
valuable guidance has been the ones that helped me patch this
project and make it full proof success his suggestions and his
instructions has served as the major contributor towards the
completion of the project.
Then I would like to thank my parents and friends who have
helped me with their valuable suggestions and guidance has
been helpful in various phases of the completion of the
project.
Last but not least I would like to thank the SCIENCE
COMMUNITY CENTRE VIKRAM A SARABHAI who helped me a
lot.

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CONTENT:>
✓ aim
✓ introduction
✓ uses
✓ theory
✓ chemical equation
✓ reQuirementS
✓ procedure
✓ observation
✓ result
✓ bibliography

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Aim:>
To prepare potash alum from aluminium scrap

INTRODUCTION:>
➢ Aluminium because of its low density, high tensile strength and
resistance to corrosion, it is widely used for the manufacture of
aeroplanes, automobiles, lawn furniture as well as for
aluminium cans.
➢ Being good conductor of electricity it is used for transmission of
electricity. Aluminium is also used for making utensils. The
recycling of aluminium cans and other aluminium products is a
very positive contribution to save our natural resources.
➢ Most of the recycled aluminium is melted and recast into other
aluminium metal products or used in the production of various
aluminium compounds, the most common of which are the
alums. Alums are double sulphates having the general formula
X2SO4.M2(SO4)3.24H2O
Where,
X : Monovalent cation
M : Trivalent metal
➢ Some important alums and their names are given below:

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USES:>
➢ Potash alum is used in papermaking, in fire
extinguishers, in food stuffs and in purification of water.
Soda alum is used in baking powders and chrome alum is
used in tanning leather and water proofing fabrics
➢ In addition to these primary uses, alum is also used as
follows :
❖ AN ASSIGMENT:>
• A substance or preparation, that draws together or consricts
body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or
other secretions. Alum has also been used by conventional
haridressers for treating shaving cuts
❖ A MODRANT:>
• Substances used in dyeing to fix certain dyes on cloth. Either the
mordant (if it is colloidal) or a colloid produced by the mordant
adheres to the fibre, attracting and fixing the colloidal mordant
dye. The insoluble, coloured precipitate that is formed is called
a lake. Alum is a basic mordant used for fixing acid dyes
❖ FOR THE REMOVAL OF PHOSPHATE FROM NATURAL
AND WASTE WATER:>
• The aluminium ions of alum combine with the orthophosphate
around pH 6 to form the solid aluminium hydroxyphosphate
which is precipitated.
❖ FOR FIREPROOFING FABRIC:>
• The major use of alums are based on two important properties,
namely precipitation of Al(OH)3 and those related to the acidity
created by the production of hydrogen ions

• The H+ ions generated are used for reacting with

sodium bicarbonate to release CO2 . This property is
made use of in baking powder and CO2 fire
extinguishers.

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 THEORY:>
• Aluminum metal is treated with hot aqueous KOH
solution. Aluminium dissolves as potassium
aluminate salt, KAl(OH)4 .

• Potassium aluminate solution on treatment with

dil. sulphuric acid first gives a precipitate of Al(OH)3
, which dissolves on addition of small excess of
H2SO4 followed by heating.

• The resulting solution is concentrated to near

saturation and cooled. On cooling, crystals of
potash alum crystallize out.

CHEMICAL EQUATION:>

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REQUIREMENT:>

PROCEDURE:>
• Clean a small piece of scrap aluminium with steel
wool and cut it into very small pieces. Aluminium
foil may be taken instead of scrap aluminium.
• Put the small pieces of scrap aluminium or
aluminium foil(about 1.00g) into a conical flask and
add about 50 ml of 4 M KOH solution to dissolve
the aluminium.

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OBSERVATION:>

RESULT:>
• Potash alum was prepared from aluminium scrap.

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