Inorganic Chemistry

Group 1A

Alkali Metals: H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr

Group 2A

Alkaline-Earth Metals: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba

Group 3A

Icosagens: B, Al, Ga, In, Tl

Group 4A

Crystallogens: C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb family.

Group 5A

Pnictogens: N, P, As, Sb, Bi

Group 6A

Chalcogens: O, S, Se, Te, Po

Group 7A

Halogens: F, Cl, Br, I, At

Group 0

Noble/Inert Gase: He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn

Group 1B

Coinage Metals: Cu, Ag, Au

Group 2B

Volatile Metals: Zn, Cd, Hg

Metalloids

B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, Po

C₂H₅OH

Ethanol (grain or ethyl alcohol)

H₂O₂

Hydrogen Peroxide (Agua oxigenada)

Li₂O

Lithium Oxide (Lithia)

NaHCO₃

Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking soda)

Na₂CO₃ (anhydrous)

Sodium Carbonate (Soda ash)

Na₂CO₃·2H₂O (dihydrate)

Trona

Na₂CO₃·10H₂O (decahydrate)

Washing soda, sal soda, soda crystal

NaCl

Sodium Chloride (table, rock, sea, dendritic salt, halite)

NaOH

Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda, sosa, soda lye, liquid sosa)

NaNO₃

Sodium Nitrate (Chile or Peru saltpeter)

NaNO₂

Sodium Nitrite (Salitre)

Na₂SO₄·10H₂O

Sodium sulfate (Glauber’s Salt)

Na₂S₂O₃

Sodium Thiosulfate (Photographer’s hypo, hypochlor)

KHC₄H₄O₆

Potassium Bitartrate (Cream of tartar)

K₂CO₃

Potassium Carbonate (Potash, pearl of ash, salt of tartar, salt of peter, salt of wormwood)

KNO₃

Potassium Nitrate (saltpeter, salt prunelle)

KMnO₄

Potassium Permanganate (Mineral chameleon, Condy’s crystals)

KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O

Potassium sodium tartrate (Rochelle Salt, Sal Signette)

K₂Sₓ·K₂S₂O₃

Sulfurated Potash (Liver of sulfur, heparis sulfuris, potassium sulfurata)

NH₄CH₃COO

Ammonium Acetate (Spirit of Mindererus)

NH₄OH

Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia (Spirit of hartshorn, Spirit of sal volatile)

(NH₄)₂CO₃

Ammonium Carbonate (Ammonia crystal, hartshorn, preston salt, sal volatile, baker’s ammonia)

NH₄Cl

Ammonium Chloride (Sal ammoniac, Chloramine, Muriate of ammonia)

Hg(NH₂)Cl

Ammoniated Mercury (White precipitate)

Cu(C₂H₃O₂)·3Cu(AsO₂)₂

Copper acetoarsenite (Paris Green, Imperial Green, Vienna Green, Parrot Green)

(Cu₂C₅H₄O₇)₂·H₂O

Cupric citrate (Cuprocitrol)

AsCuHO₃

Cupric hydrogen arsenite (Scheele’s Green, Schloss Green)

CuSO₄·5H₂O

Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate (Blue Vitriol, Blue Stone, Cupric sulfate, Roman Vitriol, Salzburg Vitriol)

AgNO₃

Silver nitrate (Lapiz Infernulariz, Caustic Pencil, Lunar Caustic)

MgCO₃

Magnesium Carbonate (Magnesia, Magnesia Alba)

Mg₃(C₆H₅O₇)₂

Magnesium citrate (Lemonada purganti, Purgative lemon, Citrate of magnesia)

Mg(OH)₂

Magnesium hydroxide (Milk of Magnesia, Magnesia magma)

MgO

Magnesium oxide (Calcined Magnesia, Magnesia Usta, Light Magnesia)

MgSO₄·7H₂O

Magnesium sulfate (Epsom Salt, Bitter salt)

Mg₃(OH)₂Si₄O₁₀

Hydrated Magnesium Silicate (Talc, Soapstone, French Chalk, Talcum, Steatite)

Hydrated Magnesium Silicate, Colloidal Hydrate

Mineral soap, Native colloidal hydrated magnesium silicate

CaCO₃

Calcium carbonate (Prepared Chalk, Drop Chalk, Creta Preparata)

CaCl₂

Calcium chloride (Muriate of lime)

Ca(OH)₂

Calcium hydroxide (Slaked Lime, Milk lime, Hydrated lime)

Ca(ClO)₂

Calcium hypochlorite (Chlorinated lime, Chloride of lime, Bleaching Powder)

CaO

Calcium oxide (Quicklime, Calx Usta, Burnt Lime)

Ca₃(PO₄)₂

Calcium phosphate (Bone ash, Phosphate rock)

CaSO₄·½H₂O

Calcium sulfate hemihydrate (Plaster of Paris)

Ba(OH)₂

Barium hydroxide (Caustic baryta)

BaSO₄

Barium sulfate (Blanc Fixe, Permanent white)

ZnCl₂

Zinc chloride (Butter of Zinc)

ZnO

Zinc oxide (Zinc white, Flowers of Zinc, Pompholyx, Nihil Album)

ZnSO₄·7H₂O

Zinc Sulfate heptahydrate (White Vitriol, Zinc Vitriol)

ZnS

Zinc Sulfide (White Sulfide)

Hydrated Zinc Silicate

Natural Calamine

CdS

Cadmium sulfide (Yellow Sulfide)

Hg₂Cl₂

Mercurous chloride (Calomel)

HgCl₂

Mercuric chloride (Corrosive Sublimate)

HgO

Mercuric oxide (Yellow Precipitate)

H₃BO₃

Boric acid (Sal sedativum, Hombergi, Boracic acid, Orthoboric acid)

Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O

Sodium tetraborate (Borax)

AlCl₃·6H₂O

Aluminum chloride hexahydrate (Aluminum chlorohydrate)

Al(OH)₃

Aluminum hydroxide (Amphogel, Cremalin gel)

Al₂O₃

Aluminum oxide (Alumina)

AlPO₄

Aluminum phosphate (Phosphagel)

Aluminum Acetate Topical Solution

Burrow’s Solution, Liquor burowii

Bentonite

Soap clay, mineral soap, native colloidal hydrated aluminum silicate

Kaolin

Native hydrated aluminum silicate, china clay, white bole

CaC₂

Calcium carbide (Kalburo)

SiC

Silicon carbide (Carborundum)

CO₂

Carbon dioxide (Carbonic acid gas, aer fixus, after damp)

Pb(CH₃COO)₂

Lead acetate (Sugar of lead)

PbO

Lead (II) oxide (Litharge)

Pb₂(CH₃COO)₂

Lead subacetate (Goulards extract)

N₂O

Nitrous oxide (Laughing Gas)

As₂O₃

Arsenic trioxide (White Arsenic, Arsenicum album)

K₂Sb₂(C₄H₂O₆)₂·3H₂O; antimony potassium tartrate.

Antimony potassium tartrate (Tartar emetic, Brown mixture)

Bi(OH)₃ + Bi₂(CO₃)₃

Bismuth Cream (Milk of Bismuth, Bismuth Magma)

Bi₅O(OH)₄(NO₃)₄

Bismuth Subnitrate (Bismuth oxynitrate, Spanish white, Bismuth paint, Bismuthyl nitrate)

HCl

Hydrochloric Acid (Muriatic Acid, Spirit of Salt, Salt Acid, Chlorhydric Acid)

Bromine, Tenth Normal Solution

Kopperchaar’sSolution

Strong Iodine Solution

Lugol’s Solution

FeCO₃

Ferrous Carbonate (Ferruginous Pills, Chalybeate, Blaud’s)

Fe₄[Fe(CN₄)]₃

Prussian Blue

Fe₃[Fe(Cn)₄]₂

Turnbull’s Blue

Potassium Ferrocyanide

Yellow Prussiate of Potash

Potassium Ferricyanide

Red Prussiate of Potash

Ferric oxide (Fe₂O₃)

Hematite, Red Oxide

NH₄Fe(SO₄)₂

Ferric Ammonium Sulfate (Ferric Alum)

(NH₄)₂Fe(SO₄)₂·6H₂O

Mohr’s Salt

FeSO₄·7H₂O

Green Vitriol, Copperas

NH₄CH₃O₂

Iron + Ammonium acetate (Basham’s Mixture)

FeS₂

Iron disulfide (Fool’s gold, Iron Pyrite)

CoCl₂

Cobaltous chloride (Lover’s Ink, Sympathetic Blue)