alum

Summary

alum is a structural class of chemical entities^[1]. alum ranks in the top 1% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,157 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• alum's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities^[3].
• alum is a type of chemical substance^[4].
• alum is a type of material^[5].
• alum is a type of double salt^[6].
• alum is a type of sulfate salt^[7].
• alum's Commons category is recorded as Alum^[8].
• alum comprises sulfate ion^[9].
• alum comprises trication^[10].
• alum comprises monocation^[11].
• alum comprises water of crystallization^[12].
• alum's crystal habit is recorded as octahedron^[13].
• alum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alum^[14].
• alum's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• alum's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[16].
• alum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• alum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[18].
• alum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• alum's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[20].
• alum's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[21].
• alum's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9^[22].
• alum's different from is recorded as potassium aluminium sulfate^[23].
• alum's different from is recorded as aluminium sulfate^[24].
• alum's different from is recorded as alunite^[25].
• alum's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for alum include aluminium^[27], a chemical element^[28]; alunite^[29], a mineral species^[30]; alum-(K)^[31], a mineral species^[32]; and alunogen^[33], a mineral species^[34].

Why It Matters

alum ranks in the top 1% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,157 views/month).^[2] alum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] alum is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for alum include aluminium^[27], a chemical element^[28]; alunite^[29], a mineral species^[30]; alum-(K)^[31], a mineral species^[32]; and alunogen^[33], a mineral species^[34].