Common and Trade Names of Chemicals

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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 HNO3+HCl

hydrochloric 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