Rundle wrote:

>Jane Warner wrote -- I thought those rock crystal deodorants contained aluminum, which I try to avoid.  Have I been misinformed?
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No - you have not been misinformed.

Webster's dictionary:


    alum

al.um \'al-*m\ n [ME <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?me>, fr. ME <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?me> alum <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?alum>, alun, fr. L alumen - more <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?more> at <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?at> ALE <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?ale>] 1: a
   potassium <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?potassium> aluminum <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?aluminum> sulfate <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?sulfate> KAl(SO <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?so>4)2.12H2O or <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?or> an <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?an> amm onium aluminum <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?aluminum> sulfate <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?sulfate>
   NH4Al(SO <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?so>4)2.12H2O used <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?used> esp. as <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?as> an <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?an> emetic <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?emetic> and <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?and> as <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?as> an <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?an> astringent <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?astringent> and <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?and> styptic <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?styptic>
   2: any <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?any> of <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?of> various <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?various> double <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?double> salts isomorphous <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?isomorphous> with <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?with> potash <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?potash> alum <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?alum>  3: aluminum <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?aluminum>
   sulfate <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?sulfate> Al2(SO <http://www.math.chalmers.se/%7Ehallgren/wget.cgi?so>4)3


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