Saturday, June 16, 2018

CHEMICAL NAMES AND COMMON NAMES.

CHEMICAL NAMES AND COMMON NAMES.

Blue vitriol:--:  Copper Sulphate.
White vitriol:--:  Zinc sulphate.
Green vitriol:--:  Iron sulphate.
Hypo:--:  Sodium thio sulphate.

Smelling Salt:--:  Ammonium carbonate.
Washing Soda:--:  Dehydrated sodium carbonate.
Caustic Soda:--:  Sodium hydroxide.
Caustic Potash:--:  Potassium hydroxide.
Calomel:--:  Mercurous chloride.

Sal ammoniac:--:  Ammonium chloride.
Pearl ash:--:  Potassium carbonate.
Quartz:--:  Silicon dioxide.
Sand:--:  Silicon dioxide.

Saltpeter:--:  Potassium nitrate.
Lunar Caustic:  Silver nitrate.
Slacked lime:  Calcium hydroxide.
Quick lime:--:  Calcium oxide.

Liquor ammonia:--:  Ammonium hydroxide.
Rock salt/common salt:--:  Sodium chloride.
Carborundum:--:  Silicon carbide.
Gypsum:--:  Dehydrated calcium sulphate.

Niter:--:  Potassium nitrate.
Red Lead:--:  Triplumbic tetroxide.

Verdigris:--:  Basic Copper carbonate.
Rust:--:  Hydrated iron oxide.
Glauber’s salt:--:  Sodium sulphate.

Chloroform:--:  Trichloro methane.
Litharge:--:  Lead Oxide.
Soda niter:--:  Sodium nitrate.
Chalk, Marble:--:  Calcium carbonate.

Spirit:--:  Ethyl alcohol.
Baking soda:--:  Sodium bicarbonate.
Soda Water:--:  Carbonic acid.
Limestone:--:  Calcium carbonate.

Bleaching powder:--:  Calcium hypochlorite.
Epson salt:--:  Magnesium sulphate.
Aspirin:--:  Acetyl salicylic acid.

Plaster of paris:--:  Calcium sulphate hemihydrate.
Wood alcohol:--:  Methyl alcohol.
Iron pyrite:--:  Iron disulfide.

Milk of Magnesia:--:  Magnesium hydroxide.
Chile saltpeter:--:  Sodium nitrate.
DDT:--:  Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane.

Dolomite:--:  Calcium magnesium carbonate.
Milk of lime:--:  Calcium hydroxide.