aluminum sulfate
noun
: a white salt Al2(SO4)3 usually made by treating bauxite with sulfuric acid and used in making paper, in water purification, and in tanning
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These products provide the necessary nutrients as well as aluminum sulfate to help maintain soil pH and encourage deep blue flowering.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
Blue and purple varieties of big leaf and mountain hydrangeas can benefit from the application of aluminum sulfate during bud development in May to boost flower color.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
Now, a research center in Florida is planning to test another Lake Guard formula, which uses aluminum sulfate rather than hydrogen peroxide, in Lake Jesup, a 16,000-acre lake in Seminole County that faces multiple harmful algal blooms each year.
—Diana Kruzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Regulators suspect a significant portion of Stauffer’s waste is alum mud, a radioactive sludge that is a byproduct of producing aluminum sulfate.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The most common, reliable, and affordable treatment is coagulation/filtration, which uses aluminum sulfate to consolidate both inorganic mercury and methylmercury into a solid that can be removed from the water and summarily disposed of at a hazardous waste site.
—Gia Mora, Treehugger, 8 Mar. 2023
Chesterton firefighters applied oil dry to the roadway to contain leaking fluids from the truck and put up a light tower, not clearing the scene until 5:54 a.m. The truck was hauling aluminum sulfate, a nontoxic powder used in the purification of drinking water.
—Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021
Savvy consumers will notice potassium aluminum sulfate listed in the ingredients of this deodorant, which is a mineral salt with astringent and antimicrobial properties.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022
To make the iron in the soil more readily available, the soil should be treated with an acidifying agent such as sulfur, iron sulfate (copperas), aluminum sulfate or a liquid soil acidifier.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2021
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
Blue and purple varieties of big leaf and mountain hydrangeas can benefit from the application of aluminum sulfate during bud development in May to boost flower color.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
Now, a research center in Florida is planning to test another Lake Guard formula, which uses aluminum sulfate rather than hydrogen peroxide, in Lake Jesup, a 16,000-acre lake in Seminole County that faces multiple harmful algal blooms each year.
—Diana Kruzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Regulators suspect a significant portion of Stauffer’s waste is alum mud, a radioactive sludge that is a byproduct of producing aluminum sulfate.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The most common, reliable, and affordable treatment is coagulation/filtration, which uses aluminum sulfate to consolidate both inorganic mercury and methylmercury into a solid that can be removed from the water and summarily disposed of at a hazardous waste site.
—Gia Mora, Treehugger, 8 Mar. 2023
Chesterton firefighters applied oil dry to the roadway to contain leaking fluids from the truck and put up a light tower, not clearing the scene until 5:54 a.m. The truck was hauling aluminum sulfate, a nontoxic powder used in the purification of drinking water.
—Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021
Savvy consumers will notice potassium aluminum sulfate listed in the ingredients of this deodorant, which is a mineral salt with astringent and antimicrobial properties.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022
To make the iron in the soil more readily available, the soil should be treated with an acidifying agent such as sulfur, iron sulfate (copperas), aluminum sulfate or a liquid soil acidifier.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2021
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