Name

Potassium Alum

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Description

Potassium alum is an aluminum salt used as styptic pencils, deodorant, and in laeather tanning. The most common way to create potassium aluminum sulfate by reacting sulfuric acid with aluminum-containing bauxite ore to create aluminum oxide. This is then reacted with potassium sulfate to form potassium aluminum sulfate.

Benefits

Blood coagulation, antibacterial properties.

Considerations

• Acute Toxicity Cases have been reported of deaths from amounts as small as 5 grams. • Oxidtative Damage Aluminum creates oxidative stress on cells throughout the body, causing damage to DNA and aging on cells. • Bioaccumulation Aluminum accumulates in bone tissue, thus weakening it. It is a suspected cause of osteoporosis. It also accumulates int he brain, liver, and kidney. • Neurotoxin Aluminum can accumulate in the brain and cause inflammation and neurotoxicity. • Endocrine Disruption Metals like aluminum can interfere with and mimic hormones.

Synonyms

Aluminum potassium sulfate Potassium alum Potash alum Potassium Aluminium Sulfate Aluminum potassium disulfate Aluminum potassium alum Potassium aluminum sulfate Potassium aluminum alum Alum, potassium anhydrous Aluminium potassium bis(sulphate) Aluminium potassium sulfate Aluminum potassium sulfate, anhydrous Aluminum potassium sulfate anhydrous aluminum;potassium;disulfate potassium aluminum disulfate Alum potassium Exsiccated alum Dialuminum dipotassium sulfate Aluminum potassium sulfate, alum Potassium alum anhydrous Alum, N.F. Potassium aluminum sulfate (1:1:2) Aluminum potassium sulfate (AlK(SO4)2) Aluminum potassium sulfate (KAl(SO4)2) POTASSIUM-ALUM POTASH-ALUM POTASSIUM-ALUM- EC 233-141-3 AlK(SO4)2 Sulfuric acid, aluminium potassium salt (2:1:1) ALUMINUMPOTASSIUMSULFATE ALUM, POTASSIUM [HSDB] aluminum(III) potassium sulfate ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULPHATE aluminium potassium sulfate (1/1/2) ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE [MI] ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE [FCC] ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE [VANDF] ALUMINIUM POTASSIUM SULFATE ANHYDROUS ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULPHATE ANHYDROUS DB-220131 ALUMINIUM POTASSIUM SULFATE [WHO-DD] Aluminium potassium sulfate, pure, anhydrous ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE (1:1:2) E-522 NS00076457 ALUMINIUM POTASSIUM SULFATE (1:1:2) ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULPHATE (1:1:2) ALUMINIUM POTASSIUM-SULFATE DODECAHYDRATE Q411309 Aluminum potassium sulfate, puriss., anhydrous, calcined, >=98% (calc with ref. to anhyd. subst.), powder

Research Sources

https://actascientific.com/ASPS/pdf/ASPS-03-0291.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22223356/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22512666/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22330830/ https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24856

Summary

Contains high amounts of aluminum. Acute toxicity, endocrine disruption, neurotoxicity, oxidative damage.

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