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ammonium carbonate
an unstable pungent soluble white powder that is a double salt of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate: used in the manufacture of baking powder, smelling salts, and ammonium compounds. Formula: (NH4)HCO3.(NH4)CO2NH2 -
chrome alum
a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O -
quaternary ammonium compound
any of a class of salts derived from ammonium in which the nitrogen atom is attached to four organic groups, as in benzalkonium chloride; the salts are cationic surface-active compounds used as antiseptics and disinfectants. -
alum
An alum is the same as an alumnus. -
aluminum ammonium sulfate
a crystalline solid, AlNH 4 (SO 4) 2 ⋅12H 2 O, used chiefly as a size in the manufacture of paper; alum. -