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    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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