acidic alum

Croatian translation: alaun

22:41 Dec 13, 2014
English to Croatian translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / chemistry
English term or phrase: acidic alum
During a paper making run there is a build-up of calcium sulphate in the circulating water of the paper machine due to reaction between the acidic alum and the calcium carbonate
Andreja Ciković
Croatia
Croatian translation:alaun
Explanation:
Kalijev aluminijev sulfat (alaun) rabi se u proizvodnji papira ...

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alz
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4 +2alaun
alz
5stipsa
Ivana Bjelac


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alaun


Explanation:
Kalijev aluminijev sulfat (alaun) rabi se u proizvodnji papira ...

http://proleksis.lzmk.hr/29717/

alz
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agree  Ratko Rebic: http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminijev_sulfat; http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauni
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agree  Sasa Kalcik
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stipsa


Explanation:
"Obični alaun (stipsa, kalijev aluminijev sulfat), KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O, služi u bojadisarstvu i kožarstvu, za lijepljenje papira, kao antiseptik i kao antidot pri otrovanju olovom; za mnoge svrhe zamjenjuje se jeftinijim aluminijevim sulfatom."

http://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=1350



Ivana Bjelac
Croatia
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Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
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