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List of Common Names and Chemical Names

This document lists common names, chemical names, and chemical formulas for various substances. It provides the standard and alternative names for chemicals such as alum, alumina, baking soda, bleach, borax, brine, chalk, Epsom salt, gypsum, lime, magnetite, salt, sand, vinegar and more. Each entry also includes the corresponding chemical name and molecular formula to unambiguously identify the substance.

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List of Common Names and Chemical Names

This document lists common names, chemical names, and chemical formulas for various substances. It provides the standard and alternative names for chemicals such as alum, alumina, baking soda, bleach, borax, brine, chalk, Epsom salt, gypsum, lime, magnetite, salt, sand, vinegar and more. Each entry also includes the corresponding chemical name and molecular formula to unambiguously identify the substance.

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LIST OF COMMON NAMES AND CHEMICAL NAMES

COMMON NAME CHEMICAL NAME CHEMICAL FORMULA


Alum / Potash alum Hydrated potassium aluminium K2SO4 . Al2(SO4)3 . 24H2O
sulphate
Alumina Aluminium oxide Al2O3
Liquor ammonia Ammonium hydroxide NH4OH
Aqua fortis Nitric acid HNO3
Baking soda Sodium bicarbonate NaHCO3
Bauxite Aluminium oxide dihydrate Al2O3 . 2H2O
Blue vitriol Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate CuSO4 . 5H2O
Bleaching powder Calcium hypochlorite chloride Ca(OCl)Cl
Borax Sodium tetraborate decahydrate Na2B4O7 . 10H2O
Brine / common salt / rock salt Sodium chloride NaCl
Hypo Sodium thiosulphate pentahydrate Na2S2O3 . 5H2O
Chile saltpetre Sodium nitrate NaNO3
Chalk / limestone / marble Calcium carbonate CaCO3
Cane sugar Sucrose C12H22O11
Caustic soda Sodium hydroxide NaOH
Caustic potash Potassium hydroxide KOH
Calamine Zinc carbonate ZnCO3
Cinnabar Mercuric sulphide HgS
Epsom salt Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate MgSO4 . 7H2O
Fluorspar Calcium fluoride CaF2
Galena Lead(II) sulphide PbS
Glauber’s salt Sodium sulphate decahydrate Na2SO4 . 10H2O
Green vitriol Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate FeSO4 . 7H2O
Gypsum Calcium sulphate dihydrate CaSO4 . 2H2O
Hydrolith Calcium hydride CaH2
Litharge Lead monoxide PbO
Quicklime / lime Calcium oxide CaO
Slaked lime / limewater /
milk of lime Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
Magnetite Triferric tetroxide Fe3O4
Haematite Ferric oxide Fe2O3
Milk of magnesia Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
Muriatic acid Hydrochloric acid HCl
Nitre Potassium nitrate KNO3
Oil of vitriol Sulphuric acid H2SO4
Philosophers’s wool Zinc oxide ZnO
Plaster of Paris Calcium sulphate hemihydrate CaSO4 . 1/2H2O
Sal ammoniac Ammonium chloride NH4Cl
Silica / sand Silicon dioxide SiO2
White vitriol Zinc sulphate heptahydrate ZnSO4 . 7H2O
Washing soda Sodium carbonate decahydrate Na2CO3 . 10H2O
Zinc blende Zinc sulphide ZnS
Vinegar Acetic acid CH3COOH

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