Don Bosco Academy, Patna

For Class VIII , ( 2023 -2024 Batch)

Common Name Chemical Name & Formula ( To be learnt)
Sl. No Common Name Chemical Name Formula
1 Common salt/ Table salt/ Sodium chloride NaCl
rock salt
2 Baking Soda Sodium hydrogen NaHCO3
carbonate or sodium
bicarbonate
3 Washing Soda Sodium Carbonate deca Na2CO3.10H2O
hydrate or Hydrated
Sodium carbonate
4 Marble or Lime stone or Calcium Carbonate CaCO3
chalk
5 Sand Silica SiO2
6 Quick Lime Calcium oxide CaO
7 Slaked lime Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
8 Blue Vitriol Copper Sulphate CuSO4..5H2O
pentahydrate or hydrated
Copper sulphate
9 Caustic Soda Sodium hydroxide NaOH
10 Caustic Potash Potassium hydroxide KOH
11 Vinegar Acetic Acid CH3COOH
12 Dry Ice Solid Carbon dioxide CO2
13 Laughing Gas Nitrous Oxide N2O
14 Nitre Potassium nitrate KNO3
15 Gypsum Calcium Sulphate CaSO4.2H2O
dihydrate orHydrated
Calcium Slphate
16 Plaster of Paris Calcium sulphate CaSO4. ½ H2O
hemihydrate or Hydrated
Calcium Sulphate
17 Alumina Aluminium Oxide Al2O3
18 Rust Hydrated Iron(III) oxide Fe2O3. x H2O
or Hydrated Ferric Oxide
19 Bleaching Powder Calcium oxychloride CaOCl2
20 Green Vitriol Ferrous sulphate FeSO4.7H2O
heptahydrate or
Hydrated ferrous slphate
21 Muriatic Acid Hydrochloric Acid HCl
22 Aqua fortis Concentrated Nitric Acid HNO3
23 Brim Stone Sulphur S
24 Zinc blende Zinc Sulphide ZnS
25 Marsh Gas Methane CH4
26 Ammonia water Ammonium hydroxide NH4OH
27 Azote gas Nitrogen N2
28 Bauxite Dihydrate Aluminium Al2O3.2H2O
oxide
29 Benzol Benzene C6H6
30 Calamine Zinc carbonate ZnCO3
31 Cane sugar Sucrose C12H22O11
32 Cinnabar Mercury (II) sulphide HgS
33 Cuprite or ruby copper Cuprous oxide Cu2O
34 Cryolite Sodium aluminium Na3AlF6
hexafluride
35 Dead burnt gypsum Anhydrous calcium CaSO4
sulphate
36 Epsom salt Hepta hydrate of MgSO4.7H2O
Magnesium sulphate
37 Fluorspar Calcium fluoride CaF2
38 Galena Lead sulphide PbS
39 Glauber’s salt Hydrated sodium Na2SO4. 10 H2O
sulphate
40 Iron pyrite (Fools gold) Iron disulphide FeS2
41 Lime water or milk of lime Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
solution
42 Lunar caustic Silver nitrate AgNO3
43 Magnesia Magnesium Oxide MgO
44 Magnetite Ferrosoferric Oxide Fe3O4
45 Milk of Magnesia Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
46 Oil of Vitriol or King of Concentrated Sulphuric H2SO4
chemicals acid
47 Oleum Pyrosulphuric acid H2S2O7
48 Quick silver Mercury Hg
49 Saltpetre Potassium nitrate KNO3, NaNO3
50 chile saltpetre Sodium nitrate NaNO3