Few important compunds and their common names
Common Name | Chemical Name |
acetone | dimethyl ketone; 2-propanone (usually known as acetone) |
acid potassium sulfate | potassium bisulfate |
acid of sugar | oxalic acid |
ackey | nitric acid |
alcali volatil | ammonium hydroxide |
alcohol, grain | ethyl alcohol |
alcohol sulfuris | carbon disulfide |
alcohol, wood | methyl alcohol |
alum | aluminum potassium sulfate |
alumina | aluminum oxide |
antichlor | sodium thiosulfate |
antimony black | antimony trisulfide |
antimony bloom | antimony trioxide |
antimony glance | antimony trisulfide |
antimony red (vermillion) | antimony oxysulfide |
aqua ammonia | aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide |
aqua fortis | nitric acid |
aqua regia | nitrohydrochloric acid |
aromatic spirit of ammonia | ammonia in alcohol |
arsenic glass | arsenic trioxide |
azurite | mineral form of basic copper carbonate |
asbestos | magnesium silicate |
aspirin | acetylsalicylic acid |
baking soda | sodium bicarbonate |
banana oil (artificial) | isoamyl acetate |
barium white | barium sulfate |
benzol | benzene |
bicarbonate of soda | sodium hydrogen carbonate or sodium bicarbonate |
bichloride of mercury | mercuric chloride |
bichrome | potassium dichromate |
bitter salt | magnesium sulfate |
black ash | crude form of sodium carbonate |
black copper oxide | cupric oxide |
black lead | graphite (carbon) |
blanc-fixe | barium sulfate |
bleaching powder | chlorinated lime; calcium hypochlorite |
blue copperas | copper sulfate (crystals) |
blue lead | lead sulfate |
blue salts | nickel sulfate |
blue stone | copper sulfate (crystals) |
blue vitriol | copper sulfate |
bluestone | copper sulfate |
bone ash | crude calcium phosphate |
bone black | crude animal charcoal |
boracic acid | boric acid |
borax | sodium borate; sodium tetraborate |
bremen blue | basic copper carbonate |
brimstone | sulfur |
burnt alum | anhydrous potassium aluminum sulfate |
burnt lime | calcium oxide |
burnt ochre | ferric oxide |
burnt ore | ferric oxide |
brine | aqueous sodium chloride solution |
butter of antimony | antimony trichloride |
butter of tin | anhydrous stannic chloride |
butter of zinc | zinc chloride |
calomel | mercury chloride; mercurous chloride |
carbolic acid | phenol |
carbonic acid gas | carbon dioxide |
caustic lime | calcium hydroxide |
caustic potash | potassium hydroxide |
caustic soda | sodium hydroxide |
chalk | calcium carbonate |
Chile saltpeter | sodium nitrate |
Chile nitre | sodium nitrate |
Chinese red | basic lead chromate |
Chinese white | zinc oxide |
chloride of soda | sodium hypochlorite |
chloride of lime | calcium hypochlorite |
chrome alum | chromic potassium sulfate |
chrome green | chromium oxide |
chrome yellow | lead (VI) chromate |
chromic acid | chromium trioxide |
copperas | ferrous sulfate |
corrosive sublimate | mercury (II) chloride |
corundum (ruby, sapphire) | chiefly aluminum oxide |
cream of tartar | potassium bitartrate |
crocus powder | ferric oxide |
crystal carbonate | sodium carbonate |
dechlor | sodium thiophosphate |
diamond | carbon crystal |
emery powder | impure aluminum oxide |
epsom salts | magnesium sulfate |
ethanol | ethyl alcohol |
farina | starch |
ferro prussiate | potassium ferricyanide |
ferrum | iron |
flores martis | anhydride iron (III) chloride |
fluorspar | natural calcium fluoride |
fixed white | barium sulfate |
flowers of sulfur | sulfur |
'flowers of' any metal | oxide of the metal |
formalin | aqueous formaldehyde solution |
French chalk | natural magnesium silicate |
French vergidris | basic copper acetate |
galena | natural lead sulfide |
Glauber's salt | sodium sulfate |
green verditer | basic copper carbonate |
green vitriol | ferrous sulfate crystals |
gypsum | natural calcium sulfate |
hard oil | boiled linseed oil |
heavy spar | barium sulfate |
hydrocyanic acid | hydrogen cynanide |
hypo (photography) | sodium thiosulfate solution |
Indian red | ferric oxide |
Isinglass | agar-agar gelatin |
jeweler's rouge | ferric oxide |
killed spirits | zinc chloride |
lampblack | crude form of carbon; charcoal |
laughing gas | nitrous oxide |
lead peroxide | lead dioxide |
lead protoxide | lead oxide |
lime | calcium oxide |
lime, slaked | calcium hydroxide |
limewater | aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide |
liquor ammonia | ammonium hydroxide solution |
litharge | lead monoxide |
lunar caustic | silver nitrate |
liver of sulfur | sufurated potash |
lye or soda lye | sodium hydroxide |
magnesia | magnesium oxide |
manganese black | manganese dioxide |
marble | mainly calcium carbonate |
mercury oxide, black | mercurous oxide |
methanol | methyl alcohol |
methylated spirits | methyl alcohol |
milk of lime | calcium hydroxide |
milk of magnesium | magnesium hydroxide |
milk of sulfur | precipitated sulfur |
"muriate" of a metal | chloride of the metal |
muriatic acid | hydrochloric acid |
natron | sodium carbonate |
nitre | potassium nitrate |
nordhausen acid | fuming sulfuric acid |
oil of mars | deliquescent anhydrous iron (III) chloride |
oil of vitriol | sulfuric acid |
oil of wintergreen (artificial) | methyl salicylate |
orthophosphoric acid | phosphoric acid |
Paris blue | ferric ferrocyanide |
Paris green | copper acetoarsenite |
Paris white | powdered calcium carbonate |
pear oil (artificial) | isoamyl acetate |
pearl ash | potassium carbonate |
permanent white | barium sulfate |
plaster of Paris | calcium sulfate |
plumbago | graphite |
potash | potassium carbonate |
potassa | potassium hydroxide |
precipitated chalk | calcium carbonate |
Prussic acid | hydrogen cyanide |
pyro | tetrasodium pyrophosphate |
quicklime | calcium oxide |
quicksilver | mercury |
red lead | lead tetraoxide |
red liquor | aluminum acetate solution |
red prussiate of potash | potassium ferrocyanide |
red prussiate of soda | sodium ferrocyanide |
Rochelle salt | potassium sodium tartrate |
rock salt | sodium chloride |
rouge, jeweler's | ferric oxide |
rubbing alcohol | isopropyl alcohol |
sal ammoniac | ammonium chloride |
sal soda | sodium carbonate |
salt, table | sodium chloride |
salt of lemon | potassium binoxalate |
salt of tartar | potassium carbonate |
saltpeter | potassium nitrate |
silica | silicon dioxide |
slaked lime | calcium hydroxide |
soda ash | sodium carbonate |
soda nitre | sodium nitrate |
soda lye | sodium hydroxide |
soluble glass | sodium silicate |
sour water | dilute sulfuric acid |
spirit of hartshorn | ammonium hydroxide solution |
spirit of salt | hydrochloric acid |
spirit of wine | ethyl alcohol |
spirits of nitrous ether | ethyl nitrate |
sugar, table | sucrose |
sugar of lead | lead acetate |
sulfuric ether | ethyl ether |
talc or talcum | magnesium silicate |
tin crystals | stannous chloride |
trona | natural sodium carbonate |
unslaked lime | calcium oxide |
Venetian red | ferric oxide |
verdigris | basic copper acetate |
Vienna lime | calcium carbonate |
vinegar | impure dilute acetic acid |
vitamin C | ascorbic acid |
vitriol | sulfuric acid |
washing soda | sodium carbonate |
water glass | sodium silicate |
white caustic | sodium hydroxide |
white lead | basic lead carbonate |
white vitriol | zinc sulfate crystals |
yellow prussiate of potash | potassium ferrocyanide |
yellow prussiate of soda | sodium ferrocyanide |
zinc vitriol | zinc sulfate |
zinc white | zinc oxide |