Common
name |
Chemical
name |
Formula |
| Alcohol, wood |
methanol, methyl alcohol |
CH3OH |
| Alcohol, grain |
Ethanol or ethyl alcohol |
C2H5OH |
| Alcohol, rubbing |
2-propanol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl
alcohol |
|
| Alcohol |
Ethyl alcohol |
|
| Alka Seltzer |
Sodium bicarbonate |
|
| Alum |
Potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate |
|
| Alumina |
Aluminum oxide |
Al2O3 |
| Alundum |
Fused alumina |
|
| Antifreeze |
Ethylene glycol |
|
| Antipersperant |
Aluminum chlorohydrate |
|
| Aqua regia |
1:3 mixture of nitric and hydrochloric
acids |
HNO3+HCl |
| Aspirin |
Acetyl salicylic acid |
|
| Baking soda |
Sodium hydrogen carbonate |
NaHCO3 |
| Baking powder |
Sodium bicarbonate |
|
| Banana oil |
Amyl acetate |
|
| Baryta |
Barium oxide |
|
| Barytes |
Barium sulfate |
|
| Battery acid |
Sulfuric acid |
|
| Bauxite |
Hydrated aluminum oxide |
|
| Benzol |
Benzene |
|
| Bleach (laundry) |
Sodium hypochlorite |
NaClO |
| Bleaching powder |
Calcium chloride hypochlorite |
|
| Blue vitrol |
Copper (II) sulfate |
CuSO4*5H2O |
| Bluestone |
Copper II sulfate pentahydrate |
CuSO3*5H2O |
| Boracic acid |
Boric acid |
|
| Borax |
Sodium tetraborate decahydrate |
Na2B4O7*10H2O |
| Brass |
Alloy of copper and zinc |
|
| Brimstone |
Sulfur |
S |
| Bronze |
Alloy of copper and tin |
|
| Calamine |
Zinc carbonate |
|
| Calcite |
Calcium carbonate |
|
| Calgon |
Calcium hexametaphosphate |
|
| Calomel |
Mercurous chloride |
|
| Carbolic acid |
Phenol |
|
| Carbon tetrachloride |
Tetrachloromethane |
CCl4 |
| Carborundum |
Silicon carbide |
|
| Caustic soda |
Sodium hydroxide |
|
| Chalk |
Calcium carbonate |
|
| Chile saltpeter |
Sodium nitrate |
|
| Chloroform |
Trichloromethane |
CHCl3 |
| Chlorox |
Hypochlorus acid |
|
| Chrome yellow |
Lead chromate |
|
| Cinnabar |
Mercury II sulfide |
HgS |
| Club soda |
Carbonic acid |
|
| Copperas |
Hydrated ferrous sulfate |
|
| Corrosive sublimate |
Mercuric chloride |
|
| Cream of tartar |
Potassium hydrogen tartrate |
KHC4H4O6 |
| DDT |
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
|
|
| Dextrose |
Glucose |
|
| Diamond |
Carbon |
C |
| Dolomite |
Calcium magnesium carbonate |
CaCO3*MgCO3 |
| Drano |
Sodium hydroxide |
|
| Easy-off oven cleaner |
Sodium hydroxide |
|
| Egg shells |
Calcium carbonate |
|
| Epsom salts |
Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate |
MgSO4*7H2O |
| Ether |
Ethyl ether |
|
| Ex-lax |
Phenolphthalein |
|
| Fertilizer component |
Ammonium nitrate |
|
| Flurostan |
Stannous fluoride |
|
| Fool's gold |
Iron Pyrites |
|
| Formalin |
40% solution of formaldehyde |
|
| Freon (refrigerant) |
Dichlorodifluoromethane |
CCl2F2 |
| Galena |
Zinc sulfide |
|
| Galena |
Lead II sulfide |
PbS |
| Glauber's salt |
Hydrated sodium sulfate |
|
| Glycerine |
Glycerol |
|
| Grain alcohol |
Ethanol or ethyl alcohol |
C2H5OH |
| Graphite |
Carbon |
C |
| Green vitriol |
Hydrated ferrous sulfate |
|
| Gypsum |
Calcium sulfate dihydrate |
CaSO4*2H2O |
| Heavy water |
Deuterium oxide |
|
| Hypo |
Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate |
Na2S2O3*5H2O |
| Ice bite |
Calcium chloride |
|
| Invert sugar |
Mixture of glucose and fructose
|
|
| Laughing gas |
Dinitrogen oxide |
N2O |
| Levulose |
Fructose |
|
| Lime |
Calcium oxide |
CaO |
| Limestone |
Calcium carbonate |
CaCO3 |
| Liquid paper |
Titanium dioxide |
|
| Lite salt |
Potassium chloride |
|
| Litharge |
Lead monoxide |
|
| Lithopone |
Mixture of zinc sulfide and barium
sulfate |
|
| Liver of sulfur |
Potassium sulfide |
|
| LOX |
Liquid oxygen |
|
| Lunar caustic |
Silver nitrate |
|
| Lye |
Sodium hydroxide |
NaOH |
| Magnesia |
Magnesium oxide |
|
| Marble |
Calcium carbonate |
CaCO3 |
| Margarine |
Partially saturated fatty acid |
|
| Marsh gas |
Methane |
|
| MEK |
Methyl ethyl ketone |
CH3COC2H5 |
| Microcosmic salt |
Hydrated sodium ammonium hydrogen
phosphate |
|
| Milk sugar |
Lactose |
|
| Milk of magnesia |
Magnesium hydroxide |
Mg(OH)2 |
| Milk of lime |
Calcium hydroxide |
|
| Mohr's salt |
Hydrated ferrous ammonium sulfate
|
|
| Moth balls |
Naphthalene |
|
| Msg |
Sodium hydrogen glutamate |
|
| Muriatic acid |
Hydrochloric acid |
HCl |
| Nutrasweet |
Aspartame |
|
| Oil of bitter almonds |
Benzaldehyde |
|
| Oil of vitriol |
Sulfuric acid (conc.) |
H2SO4 |
| Oil of mirbane |
Nitrobenzene |
|
| Oil of vitriol |
Concentrated sulfuric acid |
|
| Oil of winter green |
Methyl salicylate |
|
| Oleum |
Fuming sulfuric acid |
|
| Paris green |
Double salt of copper acetate and
copper arsenite |
|
| Perier |
Carbonic acid |
|
| Pewter |
Alloy of tin, antimony, copper,
and lead |
|
| Phosgene |
Carbonyl chloride |
|
| Photographic hypo |
Sodium thiosoulfate |
|
| Picric acid |
Trinitrophenol |
|
| Plaster |
Calcium hydroxide |
|
| Plaster of Paris |
Calcium sulfate hemihydrate |
CaSO4*(1/2)H2O |
| Potash |
Potassium carbonate |
K2CO3 |
| Prussian blue |
Ferric ferrocyanide |
|
| Pyrite (fool's gold) |
Iron disulfide |
FeS2 |
| Quartz |
Silicon dioxide |
SiO2 |
| Quicklime |
Calcium oxide |
|
| Quicksilver |
Mercury |
Hg |
| Rochelle salt |
Potassium sodium tartrate |
|
| Rolaids |
Dihydroxyaluminum sodium carbonate |
|
| Rouge |
Ferric oxide |
|
| Rubbing alcohol |
2-propanol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl
alcohol |
|
| Sal ammoniac |
Ammonium chloride |
NH4Cl |
| Sal soda |
Hydrated sodium carbonate |
|
| Sal ammoniac |
Ammonium chloride |
|
| Salt, table |
Sodium chloride |
NaCl |
| Salt, lite |
Potassium chloride |
|
| Saltpeter |
Potassium nitrate |
KNO3 |
| Sand |
Silicon dioxide |
SiO2 |
| Sani-flush |
Sodium bisulfate |
|
| Saran wrap |
Poly-1,1-dichloroethylene |
|
| Silica |
Silicon dioxide |
|
| Slaked lime |
Calcium hydroxide |
Ca(OH)2 |
| Smelling salts |
Ammonium carbonate |
|
| Soda ash (washing soda) |
Sodium carbonate |
|
| Solder |
Alloy of tin and antimony |
|
| Sugar |
Sucrose |
|
| Sugar, table |
Sucrose |
C12H22O11 |
| Sugar of lead |
Hydrated lead acetate |
|
| Sun-tan lotion |
Para-aminobenzoic acid |
|
| Teflon |
A polymer of tetrafluoroethylene
|
|
| TNT |
Trinitrotoluene |
|
| Toluol |
Toluene |
|
| TSP |
(Tri) Sodium Phosphate |
Na3PO4 |
| Tums |
Calcium carbonate |
|
| Turnbull's blue |
Ferrous ferricyanide |
|
| Tylenol |
Acetominophen |
|
| Vinegar |
Acetic acid, ethanoic acid |
|
| Vitamin C |
Ascorbic acid |
|
| Washing soda |
Sodium carbonate decahydrate |
NaCO3*10H2O |
| Washing soda |
Hydrated sodium carbonate |
|
| Water softener |
Barium hydroxide |
|
| White lead |
Basic lead carbonate |
|
| Windex |
Ammonia |
|
| Wood alcohol |
Methyl alcohol, methanol |
CH3OH |
| Zinc blend |
Zinc sulfide |
|
