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ID: 300183621
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300183621

 

Record Type: concept
alum (mineral, inorganic material, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Colorless-to-white crystalline potassium aluminum sulfate; has a wide range of uses, including in treatment of leather and textile, in sizing paper, as a mordant in dyeing, and as a water-purifying agent.
 
Terms:
alum (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
potassium aluminum sulfate (C,U,English,AD,U,U)
potash alum (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
alum, potash (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
sulfate, potassium aluminum (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
potassium aluminium sulphate (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
aluminum potassium sulfate (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
potassium alum (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
aluin (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
alumbre (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of inorganic material
................ inorganic material (G)
Hierarchy of mineral
.................... mineral (G)
Hierarchy of alum
........................ alum (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Kleurloos tot wit kristallijn dubbelzout van kalium- en aluminiumsulfaat; wordt gebruikt voor diverse doeleinden waaronder het bewerken van leder en textiel, het stijven van papier, als beitsmiddel in (textiel)verven en als een waterzuiveringsmiddel. 
Spanish ..... Sulfato de aluminio y potasio cristalino, incoloro a blanco. Se usa para una variedad de funciones, incluyendo el tratamiento de cueros y textiles, en la fabricación de papel, como mordiente de anilinas y como agente purificador de agua. 

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  aluminum sulfate
..................................................  (sulfate, sulfur compounds, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300387539]

Sources and Contributors:
aluin............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
..............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
..............  Polytechnisch woordenboek En-Ne (1991)
alum............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
...........  AATA database (2002-) 120334 checked 26 January 2012
...........  Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1986)
...........  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
...........  Dictionary of Geological Terms (1984)
...........  Mayer, Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (1981) 283
...........  Ross et al., Complete Printmaker (1990) GLOS, Alum sulf. Used in lithogr in counteretch plate or stone; used in papermakg to aid water resistance.
...........  Tyler, Tyler Graphics (1987) GLOS, complx salt...hydrate of potass alum sulfate, usd w/o rosin in sizing paper & as mordnt 4 fixg color
alumbre............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.................  Diccionario de términos científicos y técnicos (1981) 5:2185
.................  Malgorn, Diccionario Técnico (1996) 37
aluminum potassium sulfate............  [GCI, VP]
...............................................  Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology [online] (n.d.) accessed 27 March 2013
...............................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 27 March 2013
alum, potash............  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
potash alum............  [GCI, VP]
.......................  Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1986)
.......................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 27 March 2013
potassium alum............  [GCI, VP]
.............................  Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology [online] (n.d.) accessed 27 March 2013
.............................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 27 March 2013
potassium aluminium sulphate............  [GCI, VP]
...............................................  AATA database (2002-) accessed 27 March 2013
...............................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 27 March 2013
potassium aluminum sulfate............  [GCI, VP]
...............................................  AATA database (2002-) accessed 27 March 2013
...............................................  Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology [online] (n.d.) accessed 27 March 2013
...............................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 27 March 2013
...............................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 27 March 2013
sulfate, potassium aluminum............  [GCI, VP]
...............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AATA database (2002-) 120334 checked 26 January 2012
............  Polytechnisch woordenboek En-Ne (1991)
............  Tyler, Tyler Graphics (1987) GLOS; papermaker's alum
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... AATA database (2002-) accessed 27 March 2013
.......... Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology [online] (n.d.) accessed 27 March 2013
.......... Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1986)
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 27 March 2013
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 27 March 2013
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Polytechnisch woordenboek En-Ne (1991)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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