Studeics on Alum Tannage.

Alum Coagulation

On the Energy Levels of Chrome Alum

Effect of alum on methamphetamine screening tests.

The editorial by Diamandis [1] in Janu-ary discussed a report by Walker et al. [2], who used strand displacement amplification and fluorescence polarization (FP) to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The editorial placed particular emphasis on the homogeneous format of the assay. However, this aspect deserves to be expanded by an outline of the significance and evolution of combining DNA ampli-...

A Novel Nano-SiO2 Tannage for Making Chrome-Free Leather

A novel pickle less combination tannage based on nano-SiO2 and oxazolidine as a substitute for chrome tanning has been developed. The size and distribution of nano-SiO2 in protein, the hydrothermal stability, the mechanical properties and the antifungal effect of final leather as well as the evaluation of eco-friendly characteristics of combination tannage were investigated. Scanning Electric M...

How alum works

For more than 70 years, alum has been used as a trusty aide to improve antibody responses to vaccines. But how this aluminum-containing compound boosts the response to vaccines has been a mystery. On page 869, Kool et al. expose its mysterious mechanism; they find that alum causes cells to produce a stim-ulator of dendritic cells (DCs). DCs were once the favored hypothetical link between alum a...