Chemicals - Formulas and Trading Names
Common used name, trade names | Chemical Name | Chemical Formula |
---|---|---|
acetone | acetone | (CH3)2 CO |
acetylene | acetylene | C2H2 |
ammonia | ammonia | NH3 |
ammonium | ammonium hydroxide | NH4OH |
aniline | aniline |
C6H5 NH2 |
bauxite | hydrated aluminium oxides | Al2O3 2H2O |
bleaching powder | calcium hypochlorite | CaCl (OCl) |
blue vitrol | copper sulfate | CuSO4 5H2O |
borax | sodium tetraborate | Na2B4O7 10H2O |
butter of zinc | zinc chloride | ZnCl2 3H2O |
cadmium sulfate | cadmium sulfate | CdSO4 |
calcium chloride | calcium chloride | CaCl2 |
carbide | calcium carbide | CaC2 |
carbolic acid | phenol | C6H5OH |
carbon dioxide | carbon dioxide | CO2 |
carborundum | silicon carbide | SiC |
caustic potash | potassium hydroxide | KOH |
caustic soda | sodium hydroxide | NaOH |
chalk | calcium carbonate | CaCo3 |
ether | di-ethyl ether | (C2H5)2O |
glycerine or glycerol | glycerine | C3H5 (OH)3 |
graphite | crystaline carbon | C |
green vitrol | ferrous sulfate | FeSO4 7H2O |
gypsum | calcium sulfate | CaSO4 2H2O |
heating gas | propane | C3H8 |
hydrochloric acid | hydrochloric acid | HCl |
hydrofluoric acid | hydrofluoric acid | HF |
hydrogen sulfide | hydrogen sulfide | H2S |
iron chloride | ferrous chloride | FeCl2 4H2O |
iron sulfide | ferrous sulfide | FeS |
laughing gas | nitrous oxide | N2O |
lead sulfide | lead sulfide | PbS |
limestone | calcium carbonate | CaCO3 |
magnesia | magnesium oxide | MgO |
marsh gas | methane | CH4 |
minumum | plumbate | 2PbO PbO2 |
nitric acid | nitric acid | HNO3 |
phosphoric acid | ortho phosphoric acid | H3PO4 |
potash | potassium carbonate | K2CO3 |
potassium bromide | potassium bromide | KBr |
potassium chlorate | potassium chlorate | KClO3 |
potassium chloride | potassium chloride | KCl |
potassium chromate | potassium chromate | K2CrO4 |
potassium cyanide | potassium cyanide | KCN |
potassium dichromate | potassium dichromate | K2Cr2O7 |
potassium ionide | potassium ionide | KI |
prussic acid | hydrogen cyanide | HCN |
quicklime | calcium monoxide | CaO |
red prussiate | potassium ferrocyanide | K3Fe(CN)6 |
salammoniac | ammonium chloride | NH4Cl |
silver bromide | silver bromide | AgBr |
silver nitrate | silver nitrate | AGNO3 |
slaked lime | calcium hydroxide | Ca(OH)2 |
soda ash | hydrated sodium carbonate | Na2CO3 10H2O |
sodium monoxide | sodium oxide | Na2O |
soot | amorphous carbon | C |
sulphuric acid | sulphuric acid | H2SO4 |
table salt | sodium chloride | NaCl |
tinstone, tin putty | stannic oxide | SnO2 |
trilene | trichlorethylene | C2HCl3 |
urea | urea | CO(NH2)2 |
white lead | basic lead carbonate | 2PbCO3 Pb(OH)2 |
white vitrol | zinc sulphate | ZnSO4 7H2O |
yellow prussiate of potassium | potassium ferrocyanide | K4Fe(CN)6 3H2O |
zinc blende | zinc sulphide | ZnS |
zinc or chinese white | zinc oxide | ZnO |
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