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Common Household Chemicals List

Belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting Household Chemicals for your home


 

Some Common Household Chemicals List I touch 2 times a day like my fridge.

  • Caustic soda - sodium hydroxide
  • Salt (Table Salt) - sodium chloride
  • Smelling salts - ammonium carbonate
  • Alcohol - ethanol
  • Bleach (laundry) - sodium hypochlorite
  • Antiperspirant - aluminum chlorohydrate
  • Silica - silicon dioxide
  • Bronze - alloy of copper and tin
  • Plaster - calcium hydroxide
  • Sani-flush - Sodium bisulphate, with sodium carbonate (and other ingredients)
  • Vinegar - acetic acid, ethanoic acid
  • Borax - sodium tetraborate decahydrate
  • Epsom salts - magnesium sulphate
  • Boracic acid - boric acid
  • Brass - alloy of copper and zinc
  • Windex - ammonia plus detergents, dyes and fragrances.
  • Solder - alloy of tin and antimony
  • Sugar (Table Sugar) - sucrose
  • Antifreeze - ethylene glycol
  • Vitamin C - ascorbic acid
  • Easy-off - sodium hydroxide
  • Washing soda - sodium carbonate decahydrate (hydrated sodium carbonate)
  • Sand - silicon dioxide
  • MSG - monosodium glutamate
  • Liquid paper - titanium dioxide
  • Milk of magnesia - magnesium hydroxide
  • Marble - calcium carbonate
  • Rolaids - dihydroxyaluminum sodium carbonate
  • Formalin - 40% solution of formaldehyde+
  • Aspirin - acetylsalicylic acid
  • Glycerine - glycerol
  • Nutrasweet - aspartame
  • Pewter - alloy of tin, copper, antimony, and lead
  • Graphite - carbon
  • Battery acid - sulphuric acid
  • Teflon - polymer of tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
  • Toluol (old name) - toluene
  • Tums - calcium carbonate
  • Egg shells - calcium carbonate
  • Margarine - partially saturated fatty acid
  • Baking powder - sodium bicarbonate
  • Calgon - calcium hexametaphosphate
  • Gypsum - calcium sulphate dihydrate
  • Quicklime - calcium oxide
  • Potash - potassium carbonate
  • Diamond - carbon
  • Tylenol - paracetamol (British English); acetominophen (in USA)
  • Moth balls - Traditionally: naphthalene
  • Alka Seltzer - sodium bicarbonate
  • Lime - calcium oxide
  • Drano - sodium hydroxide
  • Chalk - calcium carbonate
  • Magnesia - magnesium oxide
  • Quartz - silicon dioxide