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Why is alum used for coagulation of blood ?

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Bleeding can be stopped by coagulation of blood. Aggregation of the colloidal solution of protein will lead to coagulation. As proteins are charged species, neutralisationof these charges will lead to aggregation of proteins and thus it get coagulated.

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