Potassium alum, potash alum, or potassium aluminium sulfate is a chemical compound: the double sulfate of potassium and aluminium, with chemical formula KAl(SO4)2. (wikipedia.org)
In 1767, Torbern Bergman observed the need for potassium or ammonium sulfates to convert aluminium sulfate into alum, while sodium or calcium would not work. (wikipedia.org)
Aluminum-containing adjuvants are often simply referred to as "alum. (brmi.online)
The second reason to avoid the term alum is that it fails to specify which type of aluminum-containing adjuvant was used for the vaccine preparation. (brmi.online)
Commonly1
Thus, t here are two aluminium based adjuvants (ABAs) commonly used in vaccines. (brmi.online)
Potential3
Experimental research clearly shows that aluminium adjuvants have a potential to induce serious immunological disorders in humans. (brmi.online)
Electrorefining process has been widely used to separate and purify metals, but it is limited by deposition potential of the metal itself. (bvsalud.org)
This strategy is fundamentally based on different solubilities of target metal chlorides in the NaAlCl4 molten salt rather than deposition potential of metals. (bvsalud.org)
Risk1
Aluminium in adjuvant form carries a risk for autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and associated neurological complications and may thus have profound and widespread adverse health consequences. (brmi.online)
Process2
An industry was founded in Yorkshire to process the shale, which contained the key ingredient, aluminium sulfate, and made an important contribution to the Industrial Revolution. (wikipedia.org)
Here we report in-situ anodic precipitation (IAP), a modified electrorefining process, to purify aluminium from contaminants that are more reactive. (bvsalud.org)