Aluminium

Aluminium (or Aluminum) – Periodic Table of Videos
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May 11, 2014

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Alum: Culinary uses

bulk alum

Alum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum

Alum is both a specific chemical compound and a class of chemical compounds.
The specific compound is the hydrated potassium aluminium sulfate (potassium alum) with the formula KAl(SO4)2·12H2O.

Uses: Culinary

• Alum powder, found in the spice section of many grocery stores, may be used in pickling recipes as a preservative to maintain fruit and vegetable crispness.
• Alum is used as the acidic component of some commercial baking powders.

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https://franzcalvo.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/aluminum-alzheimers-disease

Aluminum & Alzheimer’s Disease

Ingredients: sodium aluminum sulfate, … http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Baking-Powder-8-1-oz/dp/B0000GI3O4

Heavy Metal Poisoning.
Hu H. Chapter e49.
In: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 18th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2012.
http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=9151357.

Aluminum contributes to the enceph alopathy in patients with severe renal disease, who are undergoing dialysis (Chap. 353).
High levels of aluminum are found in the neurofibrillary tangles in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, as well as in the drinking water and soil of areas with an unusually high incidence of Alzheimer’s.

The experimental and epidemiologic evidence for the aluminum–Alzheimer’s disease link remains relatively weak, however, and it cannot be concluded that aluminum is a causal agent or a contributing factor in neurodegenerative disease.

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