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alum

1. n. []

A series of double salts of aluminum sulfate and potassium sulfate with the formula Al2(SO4)3·K2SO4·nH2O. Alum is used as a colloidal flocculant in wastewater cleanup.

See: closed mud systemcolloidwater clarification