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Why does bleeding stop by rubbing moist alum?

Blood is a colloidal sol. This contains charged protein molecules. Moist alum has highly charged Al3+ and SO42- ions which neutralize the charged protein molecules present in blood. This results coagulation of different blood proteins and bleeding stops.


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