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This page gives the chemical or common name of a chemical and asks for its chemical formula. Where appropriate, they're grouped together for comparison.
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| Formic acid |
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CHOOH or CH2O2 |
| Hydrochloric acid |
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HCl |
| Lactic acid |
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C3H6O3 |
| Nitric acid |
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HNO3 |
| Sulphuric acid |
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H2SO4 |
| Methanol (methyl alcohol) |
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CH3OH |
| Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) |
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C2H5OH |
The first group of hydrocarbons are more specifically known as alkanes:
| Methane |
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CH4 |
| Ethane |
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C2H6 |
| Propane |
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C3H8 |
| Butane |
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C4H10 |
| Pentane |
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C5H12 |
The following hydrocarbons are not alkanes:
| Acetylene |
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C2H2 |
| Ethylene (more correctly known nowadays as ethene) |
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C2H4 |
| Polyethylene (a.k.a. polythene) |
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(C2H4)n |
| Benzene |
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C6H6 |
The following is not a hydrocarbon as it does not consist entirely of hydrogen and carbon, but is included here for comparison:
| Chloroform (tri–cloro–methane) |
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CHCl3 |
| Glucose |
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C6H12O6 |
| Sucrose (table sugar); also lactose and maltose |
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C12H22O11 |
| Ammonia |
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NH3 |
| Common salt |
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NaCl |
| Copper sulphate |
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CuSO4 |
| Deuterium oxide or heavy water |
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D2O or 2H2O |
| Hydrogen peroxide |
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H2O2 |
| Iron pyrites (a.k.a. pyrite or fool's gold) |
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FeS2 |
| Ozone (a.k.a. trioxygen or tri–atomic oxygen) |
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O3 |
| Water |
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H2O |
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