Here are some important chemicals, their common names, and chemical formula.
Common Names and Chemical Formula:
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- Washing Soda: Na2CO3
- Caustic Soda: NaOH
- Gypsum Salt: CaSO4.2H2O
- Epsom Salt: MgSO4.7H2O
- Paster of Paris: CaSO4.1/2H2O
- Quick Lime: CaO
- Slacked Lime: Ca(OH)2
- Bleaching Powder: MgCl2
- Glauber's Salt: Na2SO4.10H2O
- Cement: CaAl2O3 + CaSiO2
- Ceramics: C + N + O + SiO2
- Kaolin: Al2O3.SiO2.2H2O
- Soap: Sodium Salt of fatty acid
- Detergent: Synthetic petroleum chemical (eg. Sodium pyrophosphate)
- Carbogen: 95% O2 and 5% CO2 (Medicinal use)
- Horn Silver: AgCl
- Laughing Gas: N2O
- Blue Vitriol: CuSO4.5H2O
- White Vitriol: ZnSO4.7H2O
- Green Vitriol: FeSO4.7H2O
- Hydrogen Peroxide: H2O2
- Urea: NH2CONH2
- Triple Super Phosphate (Important Chemical Fertilizer): [3Ca(H2PO4)2]
- BHC: Benzene Hexachloride
- DDT: Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
- Malathion and Parathion: Organophosphate insecticides used in mosquito eradication