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Aluminum Sulfate
Definition 1
A type of immune adjuvant (a substance used to help boost the immune response to a vaccine). (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
An aluminum salt of sulfuric acid, an industrial chemical used in many industrial applications. In purification of drinking water, aluminum sulfate acts as a flocculating agent which causes impurities to coagulate and sediment, so that they are easily removed by filtration. It is also used as a mordant in textile dyeing and paper manufacture. (NCI Thesaurus)
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