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
Originally written on May 21, 2013 and last modified on April 5, 2021.
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  1. Mayank

    August 14, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    much needed ! thanks :)

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