Trivial Inorganic Chemical Names

Flashcards covering common/trivial names and chemical formulas for inorganic oxides, bases, binary compounds, salts, and crystalline hydrates.

Quicklime

Trivial name for calcium oxide with the chemical formula $CaO$.

Iron Scale

Trivial name for iron(II,III) oxide with the formula $Fe_3O_4$ ($FeO \cdot Fe_2O_3$).

Alumina / Corundum

Trivial names for aluminum oxide with the chemical formula $Al_2O_3$.

Water / Ice

Common names for hydrogen oxide with the formula $H_2O$.

Carbon Monoxide

Gas commonly known as choke damp or toxic gas with formula $CO$.

Carbon Dioxide

Gas with the chemical formula $CO_2$.

Laughing Gas

Trivial name for dinitrogen monoxide with the formula $N_2O$.

Brown Gas / Fox Tail

Trivial names for nitrogen dioxide with the formula $NO_2$.

Sulfurous Gas / Sulfurous Anhydride

Trivial names for sulfur dioxide with the formula $SO_2$.

Sulfuric Gas / Sulfuric Anhydride

Trivial names for sulfur trioxide with the formula $SO_3$.

Quartz / Silica / Sand

Trivial names for silicon dioxide with the formula $SiO_2$.

Caustic Soda / Caustic

Trivial names for sodium hydroxide with the formula $NaOH$.

Caustic Potash

Trivial name for potassium hydroxide with the formula $KOH$.

Slaked Lime / Milk of Lime

Trivial names for calcium hydroxide with the formula $Ca(OH)_2$.

Ammonia Water / Ammonium Hydrate

Trivial names for aqueous ammonia hydrate with the formula $NH_3 \cdot H_2O$.

Carborundum

Trivial name for silicon carbide with the formula $SiC$.

Ammonia

Binary hydride compound with the chemical formula $NH_3$.

Phosphine

Binary hydride compound with the chemical formula $PH_3$.

Silane

Binary hydride compound with the chemical formula $SiH_4$.

Chile Saltpeter

Trivial name for sodium nitrate with the formula $NaNO_3$.

Indian Saltpeter

Trivial name for potassium nitrate with the formula $KNO_3$.

Ammonium Saltpeter

Trivial name for ammonium nitrate with the formula $NH_4NO_3$.

Sal Ammoniac

Trivial name for ammonium chloride with the formula $NH_4Cl$.

Berthollet's Salt

Trivial name for potassium chlorate with the formula $KClO_3$.

Table Salt / Rock Salt

Trivial names for sodium chloride with the formula $NaCl$.

Potash

Trivial name for potassium carbonate with the formula $K_2CO_3$.

Soda Ash / Calcinated Soda

Trivial name for sodium carbonate with the formula $Na_2CO_3$.

Chalk / Marble / Limestone

Trivial names for calcium carbonate with the formula $CaCO_3$.

Baking Soda

Trivial name for sodium bicarbonate with the formula $NaHCO_3$.

Pyrite / Iron Pyrite / Sulfur Pyrite

Trivial names for iron disulfide with the formula $FeS_2$.

Malachite

Trivial name for basic copper carbonate with the formula $(CuOH)_2CO_3$.

Crystalline Soda

Trivial name for sodium carbonate decahydrate with the formula $Na_2CO_3 \cdot 10H_2O$.

Zinc Vitriol

Trivial name for zinc sulfate decahydrate with the formula $ZnSO_4 \cdot 10H_2O$.

Copper Vitriol / Blue Vitriol

Trivial names for copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate with the formula $CuSO_4 \cdot 5H_2O$.

Iron Vitriol / Green Vitriol

Trivial names for iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate with the formula $FeSO_4 \cdot 7H_2O$.

Gypsum

Trivial name for calcium sulfate dihydrate with the formula $CaSO_4 \cdot 2H_2O$.

Glauber's Salt

Trivial name for sodium sulfate decahydrate with the formula $Na_2SO_4 \cdot 10H_2O$.