Potassium Alum en orange
English translation: orange potassium alum // orange alum // orange potassium aluminium sulfate
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| French to English translations [PRO] Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Controversial ingredients in cosmetics | |||||
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| 4 +1 | orange potassium alum // orange alum // orange potassium aluminium sulfate |
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| 3 | potassium aluminum sulfate (alum)... orange (in the presence of...) |
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| 3 | Orange-crystal Potassium Alum |
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potassium aluminum sulfate (alum)... orange (in the presence of...) Explanation: books.google.fr › books Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Toxicology - Traduire cette page 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 Explanation: Hope this helps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_alum http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/crystals.htm |
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peer agreement (net): +1orange potassium alum // orange alum // orange potassium aluminium sulfate Explanation: '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... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 Stunden (2020-02-11 11:58:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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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