GENERAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

COMMON NAMES CHEMICAL NAME FORMULA

ZINC BLENDE ( SAPHARITE ) Impure Zinc Sulfide ZnS

WHITE LEAD Basic lead carbonate Pb(OH)2.2 PbCO3

WATER GLASS Sodium Silicate Na2SiO3

WASHING SODA ( SAL SODA, Na2CO3

Sodium Carbonate
SODA ASH )

Dilute Acetic Acid ( ethanoic HC2 H3O2

VINEGAR
acid )

TURNBULL'S BLUE Ferrous Ferricyanide Fe3[Fe(CN)6]2

SMITHSONITE ( ZINC SPAR ) Impure Zinc Carbonate ZnCO3

SLAKED LIME Calcium Hydroxide Ca (OH)2

SAND ( SILICA ) Silicon Dioxide SiO2

Saltpeter Potassium Nitrate KNO3

SALT Sodium Chloride NaCl

SAL AMMONIAC Ammonium Chloride NH4Cl

ROCHELLE SALTS Potassium Sodium Tartrate NaKC4H4O6

QUICKSILVER Mecury Hg

QUICKLIME Calcium Oxide Cao

 DESCRIPTION
- chief ore mineral of Zinc
- occurs both in veins and in
replacement deposits in
limestones

- white powder
- used as ingredient for lead
paint and cosmetics
- causes lead poisoning

- silica gel production,

preservation of eggs, cement for
glass

- use as a water softener

- glass manufacturing

- used in food preparation

- dark blue amorphous

substance having a coppery
luster, used in dyeing, calico
printing

- a mineral ore of zinc

- A flocculant, in water and

sewage treatment and
improvement of acid soils

- An alkali used as a lye

substitute in no-lye hair relaxers

- Silica is the most abundant

mineral in the Earth's crust
- Silica is used primarily in the
production of window glass,
drinking glasses, and beverage
bottles.
- Silica is common additive in
the production of foods, where it
is used primarily as a flow agent
in powdered foods, or to absorb
water in hygroscopic
applications.

- Potassium nitrate is mainly

used in fertilizers, as a source of
nitrogen and potassium – two of
the macro nutrients for plants.

- used as a condiment and food

preservative
- Sodium chloride is the
principal extinguishing agent in
fire extinguishers

- used salt as a cleansing agent

- used to produce low

temperatures in cooling baths.

- acts as a nitrogen source and

is used in fertilizers, as a feed
supplement for cattle and as an
ingredient in nutritive media for
yeast microbiological organisms.

- ingredient in fireworks and

safety and contact explosives.

- used in the textile and leather

industry in dyeing, tanning
textile printing and to luster
cotton.
- used as a flux in preparing
metals to be tin coated,
galvanized or soldered.
- used as an expectorant in
cough medicine
- used as food additive

- used as food additive

- used medicinally as a laxative.

- used in the process of
silvering mirrors
- an ingredient of Fehling's
solution, formerly used in the
determination of reducing
sugars in solutions.

- used primarily for the

manufacture of industrial
chemicals or for electrical and
electronic applications. It is used
in some thermometers,
especially ones which are used
to measure high temperatures.

- ingredient in dental amalgams.

- as thiomersal, is widely used in

the manufacture of mascara