Plural of alumin; a variant or archaic term for aluminum or aluminum compounds, sometimes referring to alum salts.
From alumen (Latin) + -in. An older English form appearing in historical chemical and mineralogical texts.
You might spot 'alumins' in old chemistry books from the 1700s-1800s when chemists were still experimenting with different names for aluminum and aluminum salts before settling on standard terminology.
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