Inorganic Chemistry- COMMON Names of Chemicals – Flashcards
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Grain alcohol
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Ethyl alcohol or ethanol C2H5OH
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Wood alcohol
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Methyl alcohol or methanol CH3OH
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Ammonia water
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Ammonium hydroxide solution NH4OH
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Aqua Fortis Eau forte Aqua Fuerte
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Concentrated nitric acid HNO3
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Aqua Regia
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1 part Nitric acid + 3 parts Hydrochloric acid
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Baking soda
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Sodium bicarbonate NaHCO3
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Baryte
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Barium hydroxide Ba(OH)2
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Bauxite
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Impure Aluminum oxide Al2O3 2H2O Principal ore of aluminum
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Benzol
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Benzene
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Bleaching powder
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Calcium oxychloride or chloride of lime CaOCl2
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Blue vitriol Blue stone Roman vitriol Saltzburg vitriol
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Copper sulfate CuSO4*5H2O
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Borax
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Sodium borate Sodium tetraborate Na2B4O7*10H2O
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Buraq
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Boron
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Brimstone Enemy of Copper Shulbari
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Sulfur
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Calomel
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Mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2
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Cane sugar
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Sucrose C12H22O11
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Carbolic acid
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Phenol C6H5OH
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Carbona
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Carbon tetrachloride CCl4
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Carborundum
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Silicon carbide SiC
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Caustic potash Lye potash
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KOH
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Quicklime Lime Calx usta Calx Burnt lime Apog
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Calcium oxide CaO
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Soda lime Calx sodica
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NaOH/KOH + Ca(OH)2
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Limewater (solution) Slaked lime Hydrated lime
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Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
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Limestone Chalk Marble Precipitated chalk
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Calcium carbonate CaCO3 -produced by chemical means (commercial)
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Prepared chalk Drop chalk Creta preparata
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Prepared Calcium carbonate CaCO3 -purified by elutriation (native)
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Chile saltpeter Salitre
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Sodium nitrate NaNO3
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Saltpeter Salt prunelle
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Potassium nitrate KNO3
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Chloroform
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Trichloromethane CHCl3
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Cinnabar Aethrop's Mineral
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Impure Mercuric sulfide HgS
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Corrosive sublimate
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Mercuric chloride HgCl2
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Cream of tartar Argol Acid Creamor
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Potassium bitartrate KHC4H4O6 Or acid potassium tartrate
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Cryolite
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Sodium aluminum hexafluoride Na3AlF6
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Heavy water
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Deuterium oxide D2O
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Dry ice
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Solid CO2
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Epsom salt Bitter salt
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Magnesium sulfate MgSO4*7H2O
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Glauber's salt
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Sodium sulfate decahydrate Na2SO4*10H2O
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Graham's salt
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Sodium polymethosphate
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Flourspar
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Calcium fluoride CaF2
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Galena
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Lead sulfide PbS
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Gypsum Terra alba
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Hydrated calcium sulfate CaSO4*2H2O
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Apatite
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Calcium fluoride + Calcium phosphate CaF + Ca3(PO4)2
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Hematite
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Ferric oxide Fe2O3
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Iodoform
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Triiodomethane CHI3
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Laughing gas
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Nitrous oxide N2O
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Litharge
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Lead oxide PbO
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Lunar caustic Indelible ink Lapiz infernularis (caustic pencil)
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Silver nitrate AgNO3
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Howe's solution
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Ammoniacal silver nitrate + 10% formaldehyde or eugenol -dental protective
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Silver nitrate pencil Moulded silver nitrate Fused silver nitrate Lunar caustic
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Toughened silver nitrate 94.5% AgNO3 + 5% AgCl2
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Lye Caustic soda Sosa Soda lye Liquid sosa
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NaOH
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Marsh gas
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Methane CH4
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Milk of Magnesia Magnesia magma -in blue bottles
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Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
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Magnesia
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Magnesium carbonate (MgCO3)4*Mg(OH)2*5H2O
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Calcined magnesia Light magnesia Magnesia usta
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Magnesium oxide MgO
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Talc Talcum Purified talc French chalk Soapstone Steatite
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Hydrated magnesium silicate 3MgO*4SiO2*H2O Native Hydrous Magnesium Silicate
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Limonada purgante Purgative lemonade
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Magnesium citrate Mg3(C6H5O7)2
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Magaldrate
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Aluminum magnesium hydroxide sulfate
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Dolomite
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Calcium carbonate + magnesium carbonate CaCO3 + MgCO3
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Sorel's cement Magnesia cement Zylolith
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Magnesium oxide + magnesium chloride 3MgO MgCl2 10H20
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Muriatic acid Spirits of salt
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HCl
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Nitroglycerin
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Glyceryl nitrate or glyceryl trinitrate C3H5(NO3)3
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Oil of vitriol
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Concentrated H2SO4
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Phosgene
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Carbonyl chloride COCl2
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Plaster of Paris Calcii Sulfas Exiccatus Exiccated CaSO4 Dried CaSO4
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Calcium sulfate (hemihydrate) (CaSO4)2*H2O
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Prussian blue
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Ferric ferrocyanide Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3
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Turnbull's Blue
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Ferrous ferricyanide Fe3[Fe(CN)6]2
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Prussic acid
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Hydrocyanic acid HCN
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Pyrite Fool's gold
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Iron sulfide FeS2
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Quicksilver Asoge
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Mercury
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Rochelle salt sal Seignette Seignette salt
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Sodium potassium tartrate NaKC4H4O6
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Sal ammoniac
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Ammonium chloride NH4Cl
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Sand Quartz
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Silicon dioxide SiO2
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Vinegar
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Dilute acetic acid C2H3OOH
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Washing soda Sal soda Soda crystal
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Sodium carbonate Na2CO3*10H2O
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Soda ash
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Anhydrous Sodium carbonate
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Trona
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Sodium carbonate dihydrate (Official form)
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Water glass
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Sodium silicate Na2SiO3
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Zinc blende
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Impure zinc sulfide ZnS
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Dakin's solution Household bleach Chlorox
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Sodium hypochlorite solution
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Bordeaux mixture
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Cupric sulfate with lime (CaO) -algaecide and fungicide in swimming pools
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Rinmann's green
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Cobalt zincate
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Scheele's green
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Cupric hydrogen arsenite
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Paris green
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Cupric aceto-arsenate -insecticide
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Ringer's solution (Solution of Three Chlorides)
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NaCl + KCl + CaCl2
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Hartmann's solution
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NaCl + KCl + CaCl2 + Na lactate (Lactated Ringer's solution)
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Darrow's solution
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NaCl + KCl + Na lactate
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Oral Rehydration Salts
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NaCl + KCl + Glucose + Na citrate
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Balanced salt solution (BSS) -irrigating solution for eyes
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0.64% NaCl + 0.075% KCl + 0.048% CaCl2 *2H2O + 0.03% MgCl2*6H2O + 0.89% NaCH3COO*3H2O + 0.17% Na citrate dihydrate
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Purple of Cassius
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Pigment containing colloidal Gold (Au) with stannous/ stannic hydroxide
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Agua oxigenada Agua oxinada Oxygenated/ Oxigenized acid Oxygenated water
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Hydrogen peroxide H2O2
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Sal Sedativum Hombergi
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Boric acid H3BO3
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Anhydron
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Mg(ClO)2
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Asbestos
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CaMg3(SiO3)4
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Baking powder
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NaHCO3 + Ca(H2PO4)2 + starch
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Bone ash
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Ca3(PO4)2
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Crystal carbonate Soda ash (anhydrous)
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Na2CO3
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Chromyl chloride
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CrO2Cl2
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Chrome yellow
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PbCrO4
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Caro's acid
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H2SO5
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Corrundum
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Al2O3
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Diaspore
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Al2O3H2O
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Hydrolith
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CaH2
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Hypo Hypochlor Photographer's hypo Antichlor
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Sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3*5H2O
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Inorganic graphite
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(BN)2
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Inorganic benzene
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Borazine B3N3H6
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Marshall's acid
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Thiosulfuric acid H2S2O3
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Microcosmis salt
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NaNH4HPO4*4H2O
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Mohr's salt
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(NH4)2SO4FeSO4*6H2O
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Oleum
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H2S2O7
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Pearl ash Potash Salt of tartar Salt of wormwood
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Potassium carbonate K2CO3
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Producer gas
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CO + N2
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Water gas
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CO + H2
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Philosopher's wool Flower of Zinc Zinc White pompholyx Nihil album Lana philosophica
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ZnO
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Quartz
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SiO2
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Red lead
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Pb3O4
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White lead
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Pb(OH)2, 2PbCO3
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Spinel
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MgAl2O4
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Dobell's Solution
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Aq. solution of Na borate + NaHCO3 + phenol + glycerol -astringent or antiseptic wash for throat and nose
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Goulard's solution Extract of Saturn
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Lead subacetate
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Table salt Rock salt Solar salt Sea salt Dendritic salt Brine
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Sodium chloride (Halite- ore containing NaCl)
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Sodium pyrosulfite
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Sodium bisulfite + sodium metabisulfite (NaS2O5)
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Liver of sulfur Hepar sulfuris Potassia sulfurata
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Sulfurated Potash -mixture of K polysulfides and K thiosulfate (K2Sx + K2S2O3)
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Lotio Alba Lotio Sulfurata
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White Lotion ZnSO4 + Sulfurated Potash = Zinc sulfide
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Mineral chameleon
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Potassium permanganate KMnO4
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Potassium alum "Tawas"
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Potassium aluminum sulfate KAl(SO4)2*12H2O Or K2SO4*Al(SO4)*24H2O
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Ammonium alum "Tawas" True alum
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Al(NH4)(SO4)2*12H2O
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Ammonia crystal Sal volatile Ammonium sesquicarbonate Preston's salt Hartshorn Baker's ammonia
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Ammonium carbonate (NH4)2CO3
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Muriate of Hartshorn (Ammonia) Sal ammoniac/ Salmiac
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Ammonium chloride NH4Cl
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Spirit of Hartshorn Strong ammonia water
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Strong Ammonia solution
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White precipitate Howe's solution Mercury Amidochloride
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Ammoniated mercury HgNH2Cl -topical anti-infective
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Spirit of Mindererus
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Ammonium acetate Al(CH3COO3)3
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Glucinum
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Beryllium
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Inflammable Air
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Hydrogen
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Vetsin
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Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
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Lugol's Solution
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I2 in KI solution
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Sorensen's potassium phosphate
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Monobasic Potassium Phosphate
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Bronze
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Cu + Sn
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Brass
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Cu + Zn
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Sterling silver
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92.5% Ag, 7.5% Cu
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Bleaching powder Chloride of lime Calx Chlorinata
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Chlorinated lime CaOCl(Cl) H2O for sanitation of swimming pools
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Vlemincks's Solution
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Sulfurated Lime Solution, USP
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Precipitated Calcium Phosphate
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Tribasic Calcium phosphate
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Prepared Calamine lapiz Calaminaria artificial calamine native zinc carbonate
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Calamine ZnO + Fe2O3 (Pink)
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Butter of Zinc
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Zinc Chloride
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White Vitriol
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Zinc sulfate
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Yellow precipitate
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yellow mercuric oxide
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Corundum
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Aluminum oxide Al2O3
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Emery
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Al2O3 associated with black FeO
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Ruby Red Corundum
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Al2O3 + Chromium (impurity)
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Sapphire Blue Corundum
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Al2O3 + iron and Titanium
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Cake alum patent alum pearl alum pickle alum Papermaker's alum
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Aluminum Sulfate
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Alumen Alumen purificatum purified alum
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Alums
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Colloidal aluminum hydroxide
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Aluminum hydroxide gel
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Native Hydrated Aluminum Silicate China Clay White Bole
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Kaolin
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Native Colloidal Aluminum Silicate Wilhinite Mineral Soap Swelling clay mineral clay smectite
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Bentonite
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Eka-boron
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scandium
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Kalburo
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CaC2
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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
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Carbonic Acid Gas Aer-Fixus After-damp
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Purified Native Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
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Colloidal Activated Attapulgite, USP
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Pewter
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80% Sn 20% Pb
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Solder
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50% Sn, 50% Pb
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Type metal
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50% Pb, 25% Sn, 25% Sb
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Rose metal
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50% Bi,25% Sn, 25% Pb
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gun metal
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90% Cu, 10% Sn
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Purified Siliceous Earth, NF
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Terra Silicea Purificata Purified Kieselguhr Diatomaceous earth Diatomite
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Sugar of Lead
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Lead Acetate
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Lead subacetate solution *lead water
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Goulard's Extract *diluted solution
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Cassiterite or Tinstone
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SnO2
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Titanic Anhydride
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Titanium Dioxide, USP
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Zircon
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ZrSiO2
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Baddeleyite
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ZrO2
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Eka-Silicon
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Germanium
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Fowler's Solution
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Potassium Arsenate Solution
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Tartar emetic
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Antimony Potassium tartrate, USP
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Stibine
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SbH3 toxic form of antimony
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Beautiful Meadow
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Bismuth
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Bismuth Cream Bismuth magma
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Milk of Bismuth, USP
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Basic Bismuth Carbonate
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Bismuth Subcarbonate, USP
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Bismuth oxynitrate Spanish white Bismuth paint Bismuthyl nitrate
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Bismuth subnitrate, USP
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Empyreal Air Dephogisticated Air
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Oxygen
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Flowers of Sulfur
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sublimed sulfur
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Lac sulfur milk sulfur
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precipitated sulfur
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Glucose Tolerance Factor
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Chromium
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Dephogisticated Muriatic Acid Oxygenized muriatic acid
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Chlorine
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Bromyrite
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AgBr
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Pyrolusite
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MnO2
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Reduced Iron
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odorless, grayish-black powder must pass No. 100 sieve
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Galvanized Iron
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Chrome steel
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Wrought Iron
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pure form
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Cast iron
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Pig iron
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Solidified into blocks
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Mohr's Salt
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Fe2SO4(NH4)2SO4 6H2O
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Green vitriol
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Ferrous sulfate
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Lover's Ink
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Cobaltous Chloride
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Phosphinic Acid
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Hypophosphorus Acid
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Feldman's Buffer
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Boric Acid-NaCl + Sodium borate
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Atkins and Pantin buffer
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Boric acid-NaCl + Sodium carbonate
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Gifford's Buffer
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Boric acid-KCl + Sodium carbonate
