title: Alum (disambiguation)
text: # Alum (disambiguation)
  
  Alum is a species and class of chemical compound. Potassium alum, the prototypical member of the class, is often referred to simply as alum.
  
  Alum may also refer to:
  
  * Alum, Texas, a community in the US
  * Alumnus, a graduate of a particular institution
  * Alum Pot, a pothole in Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England
  * Ålum Runestones, four Viking age runestones located in Ålum, Denmark
  * Robert Alum (died 1417), an English medieval bishop and university chancellor
  