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potassium alum

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Noun1.potassium alum - a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
Al, aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13 - a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
double salt - a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization


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THIS little clear rock comes in its own little cotton bag and consists of naturally formed crystals of potassium alum which is apparently non-toxic, hypo-allergenic and does not block the pores.
The first is your choice of potassium alum or ammonium alum.
What would happen if I substitute Ammonium Alum for Potassium Alum in a formula for hardener such as the following?
 
 
 
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