Common and Trade Names of Chemicals Common name Chemical name Formula Alcohol, wood methanol, methyl alcohol CH3OH Alcohol, grain Ethanol or ethyl alcohol C2H5OH Alcohol, rubbing 2-propanol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol Alcohol Ethyl alcohol Alka Seltzer Sodium bicarbonate Alum Potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate Alumina Aluminum oxide Al2O3 Alundum Fused alumina Antifreeze Ethylene glycol Antipersperant Aluminum chlorohydrate Aqua regia 1:3 mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids HNO3+HCl Aspirin Acetyl salicylic acid Baking soda Sodium hydrogen carbonate NaHCO3 Baking powder Sodium bicarbonate Banana oil Amyl acetate Baryta Barium oxide Barytes Barium sulfate Battery acid Sulfuric acid Bauxite Hydrated aluminum oxide Benzol Benzene Bleach (laundry) Sodium hypochlorite NaClO Bleaching powder Calcium chloride hypochlorite Blue vitrol Copper (II) sulfate CuSO4*5H2O Bluestone Copper II sulfate pentahydrate CuSO3*5H2O Boracic acid Boric acid Borax Sodium tetraborate decahydrate Na2B4O7*10H2O Brass Alloy of copper and zinc Brimstone Sulfur S Bronze Alloy of copper and tin Calamine Zinc carbonate Calcite Calcium carbonate Calgon Calcium hexametaphosphate Calomel Mercurous chloride Carbolic acid Phenol Carbon tetrachloride Tetrachloromethane CCl4 Carborundum Silicon carbide Caustic soda Sodium hydroxide Chalk Calcium carbonate Chile saltpeter Sodium nitrate Chloroform Trichloromethane CHCl3 Chlorox Hypochlorus acid Chrome yellow Lead chromate Cinnabar Mercury II sulfide HgS Club soda Carbonic acid Copperas Hydrated ferrous sulfate Corrosive sublimate Mercuric chloride Cream of tartar Potassium hydrogen tartrate KHC4H4O6 DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Dextrose Glucose Diamond Carbon C Dolomite Calcium magnesium carbonate CaCO3*MgCO3 Drano Sodium hydroxide Easy-off oven cleaner Sodium hydroxide Egg shells Calcium carbonate Epsom salts Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate MgSO4*7H2O Ether Ethyl ether Ex-lax Phenolphthalein Fertilizer component Ammonium nitrate Flurostan Stannous fluoride Fool's gold Iron Pyrites Formalin 40% solution of formaldehyde Freon (refrigerant) Dichlorodifluoromethane CCl2F2 Galena Zinc sulfide Galena Lead II sulfide PbS Glauber's salt Hydrated sodium sulfate Glycerine Glycerol Grain alcohol Ethanol or ethyl alcohol C2H5OH Graphite Carbon C Green vitriol Hydrated ferrous sulfate Gypsum Calcium sulfate dihydrate CaSO4*2H2O Heavy water Deuterium oxide Hypo Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate Na2S2O3*5H2O Ice bite Calcium chloride Invert sugar Mixture of glucose and fructose Laughing gas Dinitrogen oxide N2O Levulose Fructose Lime Calcium oxide CaO Limestone Calcium carbonate CaCO3 Liquid paper Titanium dioxide Lite salt Potassium chloride Litharge Lead monoxide Lithopone Mixture of zinc sulfide and barium sulfate Liver of sulfur Potassium sulfide LOX Liquid oxygen Lunar caustic Silver nitrate Lye Sodium hydroxide NaOH Magnesia Magnesium oxide Marble Calcium carbonate CaCO3 Margarine Partially saturated fatty acid Marsh gas Methane MEK Methyl ethyl ketone CH3COC2H5 Hydrated sodium ammonium hydrogen Microcosmic salt phosphate Milk sugar Lactose Milk of magnesia Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2 Milk of lime Calcium hydroxide Mohr's salt Hydrated ferrous ammonium sulfate Moth balls Naphthalene Msg Sodium hydrogen glutamate Muriatic acid Hydrochloric acid HCl Nutrasweet Aspartame Oil of bitter almonds Benzaldehyde Oil of vitriol Sulfuric acid (conc.) H2SO4 Oil of mirbane Nitrobenzene Oil of vitriol Concentrated sulfuric acid Oil of winter green Methyl salicylate Oleum Fuming sulfuric acid Double salt of copper acetate and copper Paris green arsenite Perier Carbonic acid Pewter Alloy of tin, antimony, copper, and lead Phosgene Carbonyl chloride Photographic hypo Sodium thiosoulfate Picric acid Trinitrophenol Plaster Calcium hydroxide Plaster of Paris Calcium sulfate hemihydrate CaSO4*(1/2)H2O Potash Potassium carbonate K2CO3 Prussian blue Ferric ferrocyanide Pyrite (fool's gold) Iron disulfide FeS2 Quartz Silicon dioxide SiO2 Quicklime Calcium oxide Quicksilver Mercury Hg Rochelle salt Potassium sodium tartrate Rolaids Dihydroxyaluminum sodium carbonate Rouge Ferric oxide Rubbing alcohol 2-propanol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol Sal ammoniac Ammonium chloride NH4Cl Sal soda Hydrated sodium carbonate Sal ammoniac Ammonium chloride Salt, table Sodium chloride NaCl Salt, lite Potassium chloride Saltpeter Potassium nitrate KNO3 Sand Silicon dioxide SiO2 Sani-flush Sodium bisulfate Saran wrap Poly-1,1-dichloroethylene Silica Silicon dioxide Slaked lime Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 Smelling salts Ammonium carbonate Soda ash (washing soda) Sodium carbonate Solder Alloy of tin and antimony Sugar Sucrose Sugar, table Sucrose C12H22O11 Sugar of lead Hydrated lead acetate Sun-tan lotion Para-aminobenzoic acid Teflon A polymer of tetrafluoroethylene TNT Trinitrotoluene Toluol Toluene TSP (Tri) Sodium Phosphate Na3PO4 Tums Calcium carbonate Turnbull's blue Ferrous ferricyanide Tylenol Acetominophen Vinegar Acetic acid, ethanoic acid Vitamin C Ascorbic acid Washing soda Sodium carbonate decahydrate NaCO3*10H2O Washing soda Hydrated sodium carbonate Water softener Barium hydroxide White lead Basic lead carbonate Windex Ammonia Wood alcohol Methyl alcohol, methanol CH3OH Zinc blend Zinc sulfide .