Citric Acid → Aluminum Citrate

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combining the AlCl3 solution with an aqueous solution of citric acid containing up to about 50 weight % citric acid, while vigorously agitating the resultant solution, to form an aluminum citrate solution having a mole ratio of aluminum ion to citric acid molecule of from about 1.5:1 to 2.0:1, said AlCl3 solution being provided in an amount sufficient to form an aluminum citrate solution containing from 1 up to about 3 weight % aluminum; and

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