Common Name Chemical Name Formula
baking soda sodium hydrogen carbonate NaHCO3
sodium bicarbonate
bleach (liquid) sodium hypochlorite or NaClO
hydrogen peroxide H2O2
bleach (solid) sodium perborate NaBO3
Borax sodium tetraborate Na2B4O7.10 H2O
decahydrate
brimstone sulfur S
cream of tartar potassium hydrogen tartrate KHC4H4O6
Epsom salt magnesium sulfate MgSO4.7 H2O
heptahydrate
Freon dichlorodifluoromethane CF2Cl2
galena lead (II) sulfide PbS
grain alcohol ethanol C2H5OH
graphite carbon C
gypsum calcium sulfate dihydrate CaSO4.2 H2O
hypo sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3
laughing gas dinitrogen oxide N2O
lime calcium oxide CaO
limestone calcium carbonate CaCO3
lye sodium hydroxide NaOH
marble calcium carbonate CaCO3
MEK ethyl methyl ketone CH3COC2H5
milk of magnesia magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
muriatic acid hydrochloric acid HCl
oil of vitriol sulfuric acid H2SO4
plaster of paris calcium sulfate hydrate CaSO4. H2O
potash potassium carbonate K2CO3
iron pyrite (fools gold) iron disulfide FeS2
quartz silicon dioxide SiO2
quicksilver mercury Hg
rubbing alcohol isopropyl alcohol (CH3)2CHOH
sal ammoniac ammonium chloride NH4Cl
salt sodium chloride NaCl
salt substitute potassium chloride KCl
saltpeter potassium nitrate KNO3
slaked lime calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
sugar sucrose C12H22O11
TSP trisodium phosphate sodium phosphate Na3PO4
washing soda sodium carbonate Na2CO3.10 H2O
decahydrate
wood alcohol methyl alcohol CH3OH
Common used name, trade
Chemical Name Chemical Formula
names
acetone acetone (CH3)2 CO
acetylene acetylene C2H2
ammonia ammonia NH3
ammonium ammonium hydroxide NH4OH
aniline aniline C6H5 NH2
bauxite hydrated aluminium oxides Al2O3 2H2O
bleaching powder calcium hypochlorite CaCl (OCl)
blue vitrol copper sulfate CuSO4 5H2O
borax sodium tetraborate Na2B4O7 10H2O
butter of zinc zinc chloride ZnCl2 3H2O
cadmium sulfate cadmium sulfate CdSO4
calcium chloride calcium chloride CaCl2
carbide calcium carbide CaC2
carbolic acid phenol C6H5OH
carbon dioxide carbon dioxide CO2
carborundum silicon carbide SiC
caustic potash potassium hydroxide KOH
caustic soda sodium hydroxide NaOH
chalk calcium carbonate CaCo3
ether di-ethyl ether (C2H5)2O
glycerine or glycerol glycerine C3H5 (OH)3
graphite crystaline carbon C
green vitrol ferrous sulfate FeSO4 7H2O
gypsum calcium sulfate CaSO4 2H2O
heating gas propane C3H8
hydrochloric acid hydrochloric acid HCl
hydrofluoric acid hydrofluoric acid HF
hydrogen sulfide hydrogen sulfide H2S
iron chloride ferrous chloride FeCl2 4H2O
iron sulfide ferrous sulfide FeS
Common used name, trade
Chemical Name Chemical Formula
names
laughing gas nitrous oxide N2O
lead sulfide lead sulfide PbS
limestone calcium carbonate CaCO3
magnesia magnesium oxide MgO
marsh gas methane CH4
minumum plumbate 2PbO PbO2
nitric acid nitric acid HNO3
phosphoric acid ortho phosphoric acid H3PO4
potash potassium carbonate K2CO3
potassium bromide potassium bromide KBr
potassium chlorate potassium chlorate KClO3
potassium chloride potassium chloride KCl
potassium chromate potassium chromate K2CrO4
potassium cyanide potassium cyanide KCN
potassium dichromate potassium dichromate K2Cr2O7
potassium ionide potassium ionide KI
prussic acid hydrogen cyanide HCN
quicklime calcium monoxide CaO
red prussiate potassium ferrocyanide K3Fe(CN)6
salammoniac ammonium chloride NH4Cl
silver bromide silver bromide AgBr
silver nitrate silver nitrate AGNO3
slaked lime calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
soda ash hydrated sodium carbonate Na2CO3 10H2O
sodium monoxide sodium oxide Na2O
soot amorphous carbon C
sulphuric acid sulphuric acid H2SO4
table salt sodium chloride NaCl
tinstone, tin putty stannic oxide SnO2
trilene trichlorethylene C2HCl3
urea urea CO(NH2)2
white lead basic lead carbonate 2PbCO3 Pb(OH)2
white vitrol zinc sulphate ZnSO4 7H2O
yellow prussiate of potassium potassium ferrocyanide K4Fe(CN)6 3H2O
zinc blende zinc sulphide ZnS
zinc or chinese white zinc oxide ZnO
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 HNO3+HCl
acids
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
