List of Chemical Names of Common Compounds
| Common Name | Chemical Name |
|---|---|
| Alum | Ammonium aluminium sulphate |
| Aspirin | Acetyl salicyclic acid |
| Battery acid or oil of vitriol | Sulphuric acid |
| Blue vitriol | Copper sulphate |
| Baking soda | Sodium bicarbonate |
| Bleaching powder | Calcium chlorohypochlorite |
| Borax | Sodium tetraborate |
| Butter of tin | Stanic chloride |
| Caustic soda | Sodium hydroxide |
| Caustic potash | Potassium hydroxide |
| Carbolic acid | Phenol |
| Chile saltpeter | Sodium nitrate |
| Carborundum | Silicon carbide |
| Corrosive sublimate | Mercuric chloride |
| Colomel | Mercuric chloride |
| Dry ice | Carbon dioxide (solid) |
| Formalin | Formaldehyde (40% solution) |
| Grain alcohol (spirit) | Ethyl alcohol |
| Green vitriol | Ferrous sulphate |
| Gypsum | Calcium sulphate |
| Gammexane (bhc) | Benzene hexachloride |
| Corrosive sublimate | Mercuric chloride |
| Colomel | Mercurous chloride |
| Dry ice | Carbon dioxide (dolid) |
| Foremalin | Formaldehyde (40% solution) |
| Grain alcohol (spirit) | Ethyl alcohol |
| Green vitriol | Ferrous sulphate |
| Gypsum | Calciumm sulphate |
| Gammexane | Benzene hexachloride |
| Butter of tin | Stanic chloride |
| Caustic soda | Sodium hydroxide |
| Caustic potash | Potsssium hydroxide |
| Carbolic acid | Phenol |
| Chile saltpetre | Sodium nitrate |
| Carbrundum | Silicon carbide |
| Corrosive sublimate | Mercuric chloride |
| Hydrolith | Calcium hydride |
| Hypo (antichlor) | Sodium thio sulphate |
| Indian nitre | Potassium nitrate |
| Lime stone | Calcium carbonate |
| Lunar caustic | Silver nitrate |
| Laughing gas | Nitrous oxide |
| Litharge | Lead monoxide |
| Muratic | Hydrochloric acid |
| Mohr’s salt | Ferrous ammonium sulphate |
| Milk of magnesia | Magnesium hydroxide |
| Microcosmic salt | Sodium ammonium hydrogen posphate |
| Marsh gas (damp-fire) | Methane |
| Oleum | Sulphuric acid(fuming) |
| Oxone | Sodium peroxide |
| Plaster of paris | Calcium sulphate hemihydrate |
| Philospher’s wool | Zinc oxide |
| Phosgene | Carboxyl chloride |
| Pearl ash | Potassium carbonate |
| Pyrene | Carbon tetrachloride |
| Picric acid | 2, 4, 6, trinitrophenol |
| Quick lime | Calcium oxide |
| Red lead (minium) | Lead tetroxide |
| Sugar | Sucrose |
| Salked lime(milk of lime ) | Calcium hydroxide |
| Sal ammoniac | Ammonium chloride |
| Sugar of lead | Lead acetate |
| Sand | Silicon dioxide |
| Table salt (common salt) | Sodium chloride |
| Tel | Tetra-ethyl lead |
| Tear gas | Chloropicrin |
| Washing soda | Sodium carbonate |
| Water glass | Sodium silicate |
| White vitriol | Zinc sulphate |
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Mayank
August 14, 2015 at 7:03 pmmuch needed ! thanks :)