Hi everyone.
Alum is a coagulant agent that using for water treatment. When you add some alum to water Al+3 and SO4-2 dissolves in water, Al+3 gets the OH from H2O and releases H+
so an Al(OH)3 forms. That Al(OH)3 is an insoluable gel. When alum turns an Al(OH)3 gel, its not possible to react with Sodium Carbonate