Industrial Compounds and their Chemical Names
This post lists some of the important Industrial compounds, their chemical names, and chemical formulas which are often asked in the various PSC exams.
  •  Alum / Potash Alum – Potassium aluminium sulphate, KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O.
  • Baking Soda – Sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3
  • Bleaching Powder – Calcium oxychloride / Calcium hypochlorite, CaOCL2
  • Borax – Sodium tetraborate decahydrate, Na2B4O7·10H2O.
  • Caustic Soda / Lyle – Sodium hydroxide, NaOH.
  • Chalk – Calcium carbonate, CaCO3
  • Chloroform – Trichloromethane, CHCl3
  • Epsom Salt – Magnesium sulphate, MgSO4
  • Gypsum – Calcium sulphate dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O.
  • Laughing Gas – Nitrous oxide, N2O.
  • Quick Lime – Calcium oxide, CaO.
  • Soda Ash / Washing Soda – Sodium carbonate, Na2CO3

📝SideNotes:

  • Calcium hydroxide is the chemical name of – Milk of Lime  (Previous Year PSC Question – Company/Corporation Assistant & Assistant Information Officer, 2018)
  • Nitrous oxide  is also known as – Dinitrogen Monoxide / Laughing Gas.
  • The laughing gas is – Nitrous oxide (Previous Year PSC Question – Assistant Chemist, Plantation Corporation, 2013)
    • Which among the following is called laughing gas popularly? (Previous Year PSC Question – Women Civil Excise Officer, 2018)
  • (A) Nitrogen Penta Oxide  (B) Nitrous Oxide (C) Nitric Oxide (D) Nitrogen

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