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French term or phrase:
Potassium Alum en orange
English translation:
orange potassium alum // orange alum // orange potassium aluminium sulfate
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Potassium Alum en orange
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Potassium Alum en orange
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orange potassium alum // orange alum // orange potassium aluminium sulfate
'orange' is simply the color.
see Wiki: Potassium alum, potash alum, or potassium aluminium sulfate is a chemical compound: the double sulfate of potassium and aluminium, with chemical formula KAl(SO4)2.
This is normally colorless, but dye/pigment can be added: https://www.thoughtco.com/grow-potassium-alum-or-ruby-crysta...
also
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-potassium...
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Note added at 18 Stunden (2020-02-11 11:58:06 GMT)
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Forgot to mention that, of course, the substance used for cosmetic purposes would be a powder; i.e., ground crystals.
https://cosmetics.specialchem.com/inci/potassium-alum
see Wiki: Potassium alum, potash alum, or potassium aluminium sulfate is a chemical compound: the double sulfate of potassium and aluminium, with chemical formula KAl(SO4)2.
This is normally colorless, but dye/pigment can be added: https://www.thoughtco.com/grow-potassium-alum-or-ruby-crysta...
also
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-potassium...
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Note added at 18 Stunden (2020-02-11 11:58:06 GMT)
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Forgot to mention that, of course, the substance used for cosmetic purposes would be a powder; i.e., ground crystals.
https://cosmetics.specialchem.com/inci/potassium-alum
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Jennifer Dobson
: As Barbara says, potassium alum is white/colourless, so any orange colour would have been added by a dye. It seems strange then that the orange version would be specified on this list — worth querying with the client perhaps?
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Thank you, Jennifer! Yes indeed, it would be good to ask.
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potassium aluminum sulfate (alum)... orange (in the presence of...)
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Michael I. Greenberg - 2003 - Medical
The dyes consist of two compounds, a diazonium and a naphthol compound, that are reacted together in fiber to ... Basic Orange 2 and Basic Violet 10 are suspected carcinogens. ... The mordants commonly used are potassium aluminum sulfate (alum), ammonia, copper sulfate (blue ... Babin A: Proposed cadmium ban.
Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Toxicology
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Michael I. Greenberg - 2003 - Medical
The dyes consist of two compounds, a diazonium and a naphthol compound, that are reacted together in fiber to ... Basic Orange 2 and Basic Violet 10 are suspected carcinogens. ... The mordants commonly used are potassium aluminum sulfate (alum), ammonia, copper sulfate (blue ... Babin A: Proposed cadmium ban.
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Orange-crystal Potassium Alum
Hope this helps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_alum
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/crystals.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_alum
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/crystals.htm
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