Salts of the alchemical tradition, crystalline substances such as borax and alum that were dissolved, recrystallized and calcined in the laboratory. Salt was one of the three principles of matter in the system taught by Paracelsus, and many practical recipes relied on specific salts as fluxes, mordants and reagents. Many were also sold as drugs, dyes and cleaning agents outside the alchemist workshop, so their records span craft and medicine. Members placed here so far include Alum, Borax.
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Alum (Wikipedia)
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An alum () is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula XAl(SO4)2·12H2O, such that X is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium.
Borax (Wikipedia)
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Borax (also referred to as sodium borate, tincal and tincar ) is a salt (ionic compound) normally encountered as a hydrated borate of sodium, with the chemical formula Na2H20B4O17.
Salt (Wikipedia)
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Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl).
Salammoniac (Wikipedia)
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Salammoniac, also sal ammoniac or salmiac, is a rare naturally occurring mineral composed of ammonium chloride, NH4Cl.
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