🎖️ Is Tawas Or Alum A Mineral

I bought it in2015. Eight years later it's only about half gone. It was $11. I've since learned it's anti fungal as well as antibacterial and I've cured athletes foot with it and controlled, but not cured, a nail fungus. Very versatile and frugal item. Zero waste. This thread is archived.

Alum is a double salt in the hydrated form. Alum exists in different forms: Potash Alum, Soda Alum, ammonium Alum, and chrome Alum. The general chemical formula for Alum is XAl(SO 4) 2 ·12H 2 O. Definition. We can define Alum as an inorganic compound that is made up of Water molecules, Sulphates and Aluminium. It is a hydrated form of a double