INDUSTRIAL NAMES OF SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS
Industrial name          Chemical name and Formula
Alum                     Potassium aluminium sulphate (K2SO4 . AI2(SO4)3 . 24 H2O)
Alcohol                  Ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH)
Baking Power             Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
Blue vitriol             Copper sulphate (CuSO4 . 5H2O)
Bleaching Powder         Calcium chlorohypochloride (CaOCI2)
Borax                    Sodium tetraborate decahydrate (Na2B4O7 . 1OH2O)
Brine or Salt            Sodium chloride (NaCI)
Calomel                  Mercurous chloride (Hg2CI2 or HgCI)
Caustic potash           Pottasium hydroxide (KOH)
Chili salt petre         Sodium nitrate (NaOH)
Chloroform               Trichloromethane (CHCI3)
Dry ice                  Solid carbon dioxide (CO2)
Epsum                    Magnesium sulphate (MgSO4 . 7H2O)
Glauber’s salt           Sodium sulphate decahydrate (Na2SO4 . 1OH2O))
Green vitriol            Ferrous sulphate (FeSO4 . 7H2O)
Gypsum                   Calcium sulphate (CaSO4 . 2H2O)
Hypo                     Sodium thiosulphate pentahydrate (Na2S2O3 . 5H2O)
Laughing gas             Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Litharge                 Lead oxide (PbO)
Lunar castic             Silver nitrate (AgNO3)
Magnesia                 Magnesium oxide (MgO)
Marble or chalk or pearl Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Marsh gas                Methane (CH4)
Mohr’s salt              Ferrous ammonium sulphate, (NH4)2SO4 . FeSO4 . 6H2O
Mosaic gold              Sulphide (SnS2)
Muratic acid             Hydrogen chloride (HCI)
Pearl ash                Pottasium carbonate (K2CO3)
Plaster of Paris         Calcium Sulphate hemi hydrate (CaSO4 .
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Quick lime               Calcium oxide (CaO)
Red lead                 Lead peroxide (Pb3O4)
Rock salt                Sodium chloride (NaCI)
Ruby or sapphire         Aluminium oxide, AI2O3
Sand                     Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Sal ammonic              Ammonium chloride (NH4CI)
Slaked lime              Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
Spirit                   Methyl alcohol (CH3OH)
Soda ash                 Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3)
Vinegar                  Acetic acid (CH3COOH)
Vermelion                Mercuric sulphide (HgS)
Washing soda             Sodium carbonatedecahydrate (Na2CO3 . 1OH2O)
White vitriol            Zinc sulphate (ZnSO4 . 7H2O)
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