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No, borax and potassium alum are not the same thing. Borax is a naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water, while potassium alum is a type of alum that contains aluminum and potassium. They have different chemical compositions and are used for different purposes.
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Potash alum is another name for potassium alum. Alum is a class of molecular compounds, and included in the class is potassium alum. So, they are not the same thing, but yet very similar in that potash alum is a member of the alum class.
It's commonly called Alum
aluminum potassium sulfate
Hydrated potassium alum appears as colorless or white crystals with a smooth or glassy texture, while the anhydrous form typically appears as a white powder. Hydrated potassium alum can also exhibit water droplets on its surface due to its water content, whereas the anhydrous form does not show this characteristic.
Assuming you mean common ones, like the alum available as a cooking spice, potassium alum, then yes. I don't know about the exotic ones like rubidium alum.
Potassium Alum. There are two types of potassium alum, natural and synthetic, and deodorant stones are made from both. Natural potassium alum deodorant stones are translucent, colorless crystal stones or rocks, and synthetic potassium alum deodorant stones are opaque and whitish, and look compacted.
Alum is the old-fashioned name for potassium aluminum sulfate, and the formula is KAl(SO4)2. There will also be some water of crystallization attached to it, and there are some variations on that formula because there are different types of alum.
Shaving alum, also known as potassium alum, is typically made by dissolving aluminum sulfate in water and adding potassium sulfate to form double salts. The solution is then cooled and the resulting crystals are harvested and purified to produce shaving alum in its solid form.
The combination of haematoxylin and mordant is called Haematoxylin Lake. To form the haematoxylin lake, various metals like Ammonium alum (Ammonium ammonium sulphate), Aluminium potassium sulphate (potassium alum), or Aluminium sodium sulphate (sodium alum) etc are used.