List of Chemical compounds and their common Names and Formulas

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Common names and chemical formulas of chemical substances

Common name	Chemical name	Chemical formula
Baking Soda	sodium hydrogen carbonate	NaHCO3
Common salt	sodium chloride	NaCl
washing soda	sodium carbonate	Na2CO3.10H2O
caustic soda	sodium hydroxide	NaOH
Chile saltpeter	sodium nitrate	NaNO3
Borax	borax	Na2B4O7.10H2O
soda ash	sodium carbonate	Na2CO3
Glober salt	sodium sulphate	Na2SO4.10H2O
hypo	sodium thiosulphate	Na2S2O3.5H2O
microcosmic salt	sodium ammonium hydrogen phosphate	NaNH4 + HPO4
alum	potassium aluminium sulphate	K2SO4Al2(SO4)3.24H2O
Red Medicine	potassium permanganate	KMnO4
caustic potash	potassium hydroxide	KOH
nitre	potassium nitrate	KNO3
chrome alum	potassium chromium sulphate	K2SO4.Cr(SO4)3.24H2O
bleaching powder	Bleaching Powder	Ca(OCl)Cl
lime water	Calcium hydroxide	Ca(OH)2
gypsum	calcium sulphate	CaSO4.2H2O
Plaster of Paris	calcium sulphate hemihydrate	2CaSO4.H2O
chalk	calcium carbonate	CaCO3
Quick lime	calcium oxide	CaO
limestone	calcium carbonate	CaCO3
marble stone	calcium carbonate	CaCO3
hydrolith	calcium hydride	CaH2
Ammoniac salt	ammonium chloride	NH4Cl
laughing gas	nitrous oxide	N2O
litharge	lead oxide	PbO
galena	lead sulphide	PbS
red vermilion	lead peroxide	Pb3O4
white lead	basic lead carbonate	2PbCO3.Pb(OH)2
Acid of salt	hydrogen chloride	HCl
ackey	nitric acid	HNO3
muteric acid	hydrochloric acid	HCl
oil of vitriol	sulphuric acid	H2SO4
acid king/ aqua regia	A mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid	HNO3 + HCl (1:3)
water-gas	A mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen	CO + H2
oleum	fuming sulphuric acid	H2S2O7
bauxite	Hydrates Alumina	Al2O3.2H2O
dry ice	solid carbon dioxide	CO2
Green vitriol	ferrous sulphate	FeSO4.7H2O
magnesia	magnesium oxide	MgO
horn silver	silver chloride	AgCl
lunar caustic	silver nitrate	AgNO3
black zinc	Zinc sulphide	ZnS
white vitriol	zinc sulphate	ZnSO4.7H2O
Chinese quartz	zinc oxide	ZnO
QuickSilver	Mercury	Hg
calomel	mercurous chloride	Hg2Cl2
corrosive sublimate	mercuric chloride	HgCl2
vermilion	mercuric sulphide	HgS
heavy water	deuterium oxide	D2O
heavy hydrogen	deuterium	D
silica	silicon dioxide	SiO2
carborundum	silicon carbide	SiC
arsine	arsenic hydride	AsH3
blue vitriol	copper sulphate	CuSO4.5H2O
lithopone	A mixture of zinc sulphide and barium sulphate	ZnS + BaSO4
producer gas	A mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen	CO + N2
marsh gas	methane	CH4
gemexin	benzene hexachloride	C6H6Cl6
Phosgene	carbonyl chloride	COCl2
vinegar	Dilute solution of acetic acid	CH3COOH
carbonyl acid	Phenol	C6H5OH
alcohol	ethyl alcohol	C2H5OH
wood spirit	methyl alcohol	CH3OH
Starch	starch	C6H10O5
T.N. B.	tri nitrobenzene	C6H3(NO2)3
T. N. T.	tri nitrotoluene	C6H2CH3(NO2)3
grapefruit juice	glucose	C6H12O6
formalin	10% solution of formaldehyde	HCHO
freon	Di Chloro Di Fluoro Carbon	CF2Cl2
urea	carbamide	NH2CONH2
chloroform	trichloromethane	CHCl3
iodoform	tri-iodo methane	CHI3
pyrene	carbon tetrachloride	CCl4
Mick	methyl isocyanate	CH3NC
Phenol	hydroxy benzene	C6H5OH

 

These questions are based on the compound's names list which will help you a lot.

1.  The major component of marsh gas is –

     a.    ethane

     b.  methane

     c.   butane

     d.  Propane

     2.  What is the chemical formula of chloroform?

      a.   C₂H₂Cl₄

       b.  CHCl₃

       c.   CH₂Cl₂

       d.  CCl₄

       3.  Producer gas is a mixture of which gases? 

       a.   H₂ +N₂

        b.  Co +N₂

        c.   N₂ +CO₂

        d.  H₂ +Co

      4.  What is the chemical name of common salt?

       a.   sodium carbonate

      b.  sodium chloride

      c.   sodium hydrogen carbonate

      d.  sodium silicate

      5..   Chile nitre is the common name of?

      a.  potassium nitrite

      b.   sodium nitrate

      c.  potassium nitrate

      d.   sodium nitrite

     

     6.  Which of the following is used to make gunpowder?

     a.   calcium sulphate

     b.  potassium nitrate

     c.   magnesium sulphate

     d.  sodium striate

    

    7.  What is the main component of vinegar?

    a.   tartaric acid

    b.  acetic acid

    c.   malic acid

    d.   citric acid

    

     8.  What is the chemical name of caustic soda?

     a.   sodium carbonate 

     b.  sodium hydroxide

     c.   sodium carbonate

     d.  sodium chloride 

    

     9.  What is the chemical formula of Milk of Magnesia?

     a.   MgO

     b.  MgCl₂

     c.   Mg(OH)₂

    d.  MgBr₂

  

    10.  What is the chemical formula of Plaster of Paris?

    a.   CaSO_4.5H₂O 

    b.  2CaSO_4.H₂O

    c.   (CaSO₄)_2.2H₂O 

    d.  CaSO₄.H₂O

   11.  What is a mixture of water gas?

    a.   CO₂ + N₂

    b.  Co + H₂

    c.   H₂O + Co

    d.  H₂O + N₂

   12. What is the chemical name of Horn Silver?

     a.   silver chloride

     b.  silver bromide

     c.   silver nitrate

     d.  silver nitrite

     You are given some questions about chemical compounds with answers. 

 1. What is the formula of calcium oxide powder?

Ans- CaO is the formula of calcium oxide powder.

2. Write the compound formula of bleaching powder. 

Ans. The compound formula of bleaching powder Ca(OCl)Cl

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