Common, Chemical, and Brand Names of Some Compounds

Aqua fortis

Nitric Acid

(HNO3)

Barium meal

Barium sulfate

(BaSO4)

Baking soda

Sodium bicarbonate

(NaHCO3)

Bleaching powder

Calcium hypochlorite

[Ca(OCl)]2

Blue vitriol

Cupric sulphate pentahydrate

(CuSO4 - 5H2O)

Borax

Borax

(Na2B4O7 - 10H20)

Calomel

Mercurous chloride

(Hg2Cl2)

Caustic potash

Potassium hydroxide

(KOH)

Caustic Soda

Sodium hydroxide

(NaOH)

Chalk

Calcium Carbonate

(CaCO3)

Chile saltpeter

Sodium nitrate

(NaNO3)

Chloroform

Trichloromethane

(CHCl3)

Lover's / Sympathetic ink

Cobaltous chloride

(CoCl2)

Dry ice

Solid carbon dioxide

(CO2)

Epsom salt

Magnesium Sulphate

(MgSO4 - 7H20)

Galena

Lead (II) sulfide

(PbS)

Glauber's salt

Sodium sulphate

(Na2SO4)

Green vitriol / Copperas

Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate

(FeSO4 - 7H2O)

Gypsum

Calcium sulphate heptahydrate

(CaSO4 - 2H2O)

Household bleach

Sodium hypochlorite

(NaClO)

Hypo

Sodium thiosulphate

(Na2S2O3)

Laughing gas

Nitrous oxide

(N2O)

Limewater

Calcium hydroxide solution

Ca(OH)2

Lunar Caustic

Silver nitrate

(AgNO3)

Magnesia

Magnesium oxide

(MgO)

Monsel's solution

Ferric (Sub)sulfate solution

[Fe4(OH)2(SO4)5]

Mohr's salt

Ammonium ferrous sulphate

(NH4)2Fe(SO4)2 - (H2O)6

Muriatic acid

Hydrochloric acid

(HCl)

(New) Merthiolate®

Methylbenzethonium chloride

(Old) Merthiolate®

Thimerosal

Oesper's salt

Ferrous ethylene diammonium sulfate

[(C2N2H10)Fe(SO4)2•4H2O]

Oil of vitriol

Sulfuric acid

(H2SO4)

Peru saltpeter

Sodium nitrate

(NaNO2)

Photographer's hypochlor

Sodium thiosulfate, Sodium hyposulfite

(Na2S2O3)

Phosphoric acid

Orthophosphoric acid

(H3PO4)

Pink / Salmon sulfide

Manganese sulfide

(MnS)

Plaster of paris

Calcium sulphate hemihydrate

[(CaSO4) - 1/2 H2O]

Potash alum / Tawas

Potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate

[KAl(SO4)2 - 12H2O]

Potash ash

Potassium carbonate

(K2CO3)

Quick lime

Calcium oxide

(CaO)

Rock salt

Sodium chloride

(NaCl)

Sal ammoniac

Ammonium chloride

(NH4Cl)

Saltpeter / Salitre

Potassium nitrate

(KNO3)

Sand

Silicon dioxide

(SiO2)

Slaked lime

Calcium hydroxide

[Ca(OH)2]

TNT

Trinitrotoluene

[C6H2(CH3)(NO2)3]

Vinegar

Acetic acid

(CH3COOH)

Washing soda

Sodium carbonate

(Na2CO3)

White vitriol

Zinc sulphate heptahydrate

(ZnSO4 - 7H2O)

Quartz

Silicon dioxide

(SiO2)

Quicksilver

Mercury

(Hg)

Yellow sulfide / Capsebon

Cadmium sulfide

(Cds)

Selsun blue

Selenium sulfide

(SeS2)

Black sulfide

Lead sulfide

(PbS)

Graham's salt / Calgon

Sodium polymetaphosphate

Sorensen's potassium phosphate

Monobasic potassium phosphate

(KH2PO4)

Bone ash

Calcium phosphate

[Ca3(PO4)2]

Phosphalugel®

Aluminum phosphate

(AlPO4)

Sal Sedativum Hombergi

Boric Acid

(H3BO3)

Calcined magnesia

magnesium oxide

(MgO)

Zinc white / Lassar's paste / Flower's of zinc

Zinc oxide

(ZnO)

Mol-iron®

MoO + FeSO4

Arsenicum album

Arsenous oxide, Arsenic trioxide

(As2O3)

Smog

Nitrogen dioxide

(NO2)

Freon

Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) or Dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl2F2)

Uraninite / Pitchblende

Uranium dioxide

(UO2)

Calx sodica / Soda lime

Ca(OH)2 + Na/K hydroxide

Milk of magnesia

Magnesium hydroxide

[Mg(OH)2]

Amphogel / Cremalin gel

Aluminum hydroxide

[Al(OH)3]

Spirit of Minderesus

Ammonium acetate

(NH4CH3COO)

Burrow's solution

Aluminum acetate

[Al(Ch3COOH)3]

Sugar of lead

Lead acetate

Pb(CH3COO)2

Goulard's cerate

Lead subacetate with ointment base

Baker's ammonia / Preston's salt / Hartshorn

Ammonium (sesqui)carbonate

[(NH4)2CO3]

Chalybeate / Blaud / Ferruginous pills

Ferrous carbonate

(FeCO3)

Talc

Hydrated magnesium (tri)silicate

[Mg3Si4O10(OH)2]

Kaolin

Native hydrated aluminum silicate

Pumice

Al + Na + K silicate

Bentonite

Native colloidal hydrated aluminum silicate

Diatomaceous earth

Magnesium aluminum silicate

Natural calamine

Hydrated zinc silicate

Polymeric aklyl silicates

Siloxanes

Prussian blue

Ferric ferrocyanide

{Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3}

Turnbull's blue

Ferrous ferricyanide

{Fe3[Fe(CN)6]2}

Fergon®

Ferrous gluconate

Toleron

Ferrous fumarate

Cream of tartar / Creamor / Argol

Potassium bitartrate

(KHC4H4O6)

Rochelle's salt / Sal signette

Sodium potassium tartrate

(NaKC4H4O6)

Hatchett's brown

Cuprous citrate

Tomectin

Ni pectinate

Pink bismuth

Pismuth subsalicylate, Pepto-Bismol®, Kaopectate®

Kalburo

Calcium carbide

(CaC2)

Explotab®

Sodium starch glycolate

Mineral chameleon

Potassium permanganate

(KMnO4)

Kayexelate®

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate

Howe's solution

Ammoniacal silver nitrate

Ringer's Solution

NaCl + KCl + CaCl2

Lactated Ringer's Solution / Hartmann's Solution

NaCl + KCl + CaCl2 + Na lactate

Darrow's solution

NaCl + KCl + Na lactate

Oral rehydration salts (ORS)

NaCl + Kcl + Na citrate + C6H12O6 (glucose)