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<p><font face="serif">I have gotten several questions about this.
Alum is another name for potassium aluminum sulfate
dodecahydrate (the crystals you made in lab). It is NOT
aluminum. Please make sure that you don't confuse those on your
lab report.</font></p>
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<b><i>Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.</i></b><br>
<i>Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science</i><br>
<i>Director of the Computational Science Program</i><br>
<i>Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627</i></div>
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