|
Common
Name
|
Chemical
Name
|
Chemical Formula
|
|
alum
|
hydrated potassium
aluminum silicate
|
K2SO4
· Al2(SO4)3
· 24H2O
|
|
alumina
|
aluminum oxide
|
Al2O3
|
|
baking powder
|
sodium bicarbonate
|
NaHCO3
|
|
bleaching powder
|
calcium oxychloride
|
CaOCl2
|
|
borax
|
sodium borate
|
Na2B4O7
|
|
calomel
|
mercury (I) chloride
|
HgCl
or Hg2Cl2
|
|
caustic potash
|
potassium hydroxide
|
KOH
|
|
chalk; marble; limestone
|
calcium carbonate
|
CaCO3
|
|
lime water; slaked lime
|
calcium hydroxide
|
Ca(OH)2
|
|
quicklime
|
calcium oxide
|
CaO
|
|
quicksilver
|
mercury
|
Hg
|
|
chile salt petre
|
sodium nitrate
|
NaNO3
|
|
nitre
|
potassium nitrate
|
KNO3
|
|
coke; coal
|
carbon
|
C
|
|
copper pyrites
|
copper sulphide
|
CuS
|
|
gypsum; plaster of paris
|
calcium sulphate
|
CaSO4
· 2H2O · ½H2O
|
|
oil of vitriol
|
sulphuric acid
|
H2SO4
|
|
oleum
|
pyrosulphuric acid
|
H2S2O7
|
|
corrosive sublimate
|
mercury (II) chloride
|
HgCl2
|
|
litharge
|
lead monoxide
|
PbO
|
|
red lead
|
trilead tetroxide
|
Pb3O4
|
|
white lead
|
basic lead carbonate
|
Pb(OH)2
· PbCO3
|
|
sulphuretted hydrogen
|
hydrogen sulphide
|
H2S
|
|
zinc white
|
zinc oxide
|
ZnO
|
|
sal ammoniac
|
ammonium chloride
|
NH4Cl
|
|
ammonia liquor
|
ammonium hydroxide
|
NH4OH
|
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