Chapter XXVII: Appendix: T

THE COMMON NAMES OF SOME CHEMICALS

Common Name Chemical Name

Alum Sulphate of ammonium, or potassium, etc.
Aqua fortis Nitric acid
Aqua regia Concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acid mixed.
Baking soda Sodium carbonate
Calomel Mercurious chloride
Carbolic acid Phenol
Caustic potash Potassium hydroxide
Caustic soda Sodium hydroxide
Chalk Calcium carbonate
Copperas Ferrous sulphate
Corrosive sublimate Mercuric chloride
Cream of tartar Potassium bitartrate
Epsom salts Magnesium sulphate
Fire damp Methane
Fool’s gold Iron pyrites
Glauber’s salt Sodium sulphate
Grape sugar Glucose; a carbohydrate
Hartshorn Aqueous solution of ammonia
Jeweler’s putty Tin oxide
Laughing gas Nitrous oxide
Lime Calcium oxide
Lunar caustic Silver nitrate
Mosaic gold Tin bisulphide
Muriatic acid Hydrochloric acid
Monsel’s salts Basic ferric sulphate
Plaster of Paris Calcium sulphate
Realgar Red arsenic sulphide
Red lead Lead oxide
Rochelle salt Sodium potassium tartrate
Royal water See Aqua regia
Sal ammoniac Ammonium chloride
Salt (common) Sodium chloride
Sal soda Sodium carbonate
Salt of tartar Potassium carbonate
Saltpeter Potassium nitrate
Salts of lemon Oxalic acid
Slacked lime Calcium hydrate
Soda Sodium carbonate
Spirits of salt Hydrochloric acid
Sugar of lead Lead acetate
Sugar of milk Lactose
Tartar emetic Potassium antimonious tartrate
Verdigris Copper acetate
Vermilion Mercuric sulphide
Vinegar Dilute acetic acid
Vitriol, blue Copper sulphate
Vitriol, green Ferrous sulphate
Vitriol, oil of Sulphuric acid
Vitriol, white Zinc sulphate
Volatile alkali Ammonia
Washing soda Sodium carbonate
White lead Lead carbonate
Zinc white Zinc sulfid